Chapter 5 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 5.3

कोशलो नाम मुदितः स्फीतो जनपदो महान्। निविष्टः सरयूतीरे प्रभूतधनधान्यवान् ॥

kośalo nāma muditaḥ sphīto janapado mahān| niviṣṭaḥ sarayūtīre prabhūtadhanadhānyavān ||

English Meaning

There is on the banks of the Sarayū a great and flourishing country called Kośala abounding in corn and wealth, in which the inhabitants passed their days pleasantly.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)