Chapter 70 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 70

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 70.2

भ्राता मम महातेजा वीर्यवानतिधार्मिकः। कुशध्वज इति ख्यातः पुरीमध्यवसच्छुभाम्॥ वार्याफलकपर्यन्तां पिबन्निक्षुमती नदीम्। सांकाश्यां पुण्यसंकाशां विमानमिव पुष्पकम्॥

bhrātā mama mahātejā vīryavānatidhārmikaḥ| kuśadhvaja iti khyātaḥ purīmadhyavasacchubhām|| vāryāphalakaparyantāṃ pibannikṣumatī nadīm| sāṃkāśyāṃ puṇyasaṃkāśāṃ vimānamiva puṣpakam||

English Meaning

My highly energetic, puissant and eminently righteous brother known by the name of Kusadhvaja dwell in the auspicious city, Sāņkāśyā, whose ramparts are ranged round with pointed weapons, and which is laved by the river Ikşumatī, and which resembles the celestial regions or the aerial car, Pușpaka.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)