Chapter 5 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 5.5

आयता दश च द्वे च योजनानि महापुरी। श्रीमती त्रीणि विस्तीर्णा सुविभक्तमहापथा॥

āyatā daśa ca dve ca yojanāni mahāpurī| śrīmatī trīṇi vistīrṇā suvibhaktamahāpathā||

English Meaning

That beautiful and mighty city was twelve Yojanas in length and Three in breadth; and was intersected outside with spacious roads laid out orderly.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)