Chapter 5 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 5.9

सूतमागधसम्बाधां श्रीमतीमतुलप्रभाम्। उच्चाट्टालध्वजवती शतनीशतसंकुलाम्॥

sūtamāgadhasambādhāṃ śrīmatīmatulaprabhām| uccāṭṭāladhvajavatī śatanīśatasaṃkulām||

English Meaning

And that graceful and matchlessly brilliant city abounded in eulogists and genealogists. And it was crowned with stately edifices with flags, and guarded by hundreds of Satāghnis. (A weapon commonly described as a stone set round with iron spiles).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)