Chapter 50 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 50

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 50.9

मध्येन मुदितं स्फीतं रम्योद्यानसमाकुलम्। राज्यं भोज्यं नरेन्द्राणां ययौ धृतिमतां वरः॥

madhyena muditaṃ sphītaṃ ramyodyānasamākulam| rājyaṃ bhojyaṃ narendrāṇāṃ yayau dhṛtimatāṃ varaḥ||

English Meaning

Proceeding at a middling pace, that best of those endowed with fortitude, passed through lands smiling cheerfully, prosperous, and crowded with elegant villas, realms worthy of being covered by the foremost of kings.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)