Chapter 51 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 51.18

रम्यचत्वरसंस्थानां संविभक्तमहापथाम्। हर्म्यप्रासादसम्पन्नां गणिकावरशोभिताम्॥ रथाश्वगजसम्बाधां तूर्यनादनिनादिताम्। सर्वकल्याणसम्पूर्णां हृष्टपुष्टजनाकुलाम्॥ आरामोद्यानसम्पन्नां समाजोत्सवशालिनीम्। सुखिता विचरिष्यन्ति राजधानी पितुर्मम॥

ramyacatvarasaṃsthānāṃ saṃvibhaktamahāpathām| harmyaprāsādasampannāṃ gaṇikāvaraśobhitām|| rathāśvagajasambādhāṃ tūryanādanināditām| sarvakalyāṇasampūrṇāṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākulām|| ārāmodyānasampannāṃ samājotsavaśālinīm| sukhitā vicariṣyanti rājadhānī piturmama||

English Meaning

They will happily range the capital of my father, furnished with fair looking terraces, with its highways laid out orderly, having lordly edifices and palatial residences, graced with excellent courtezans, abounding with cars, elephants and horses, resounding with the notes of trumpets, the abode of all auspiciousness, filled with portly and contented folks, rich in gardens and villas, and celebrating popular festivites.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)