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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.46.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage. Diti obtains divine wind-regions for her children, Viśvāmitra recounts Viśālā’s royal lineage and Sumati comes to welcome the travellers

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra identifies the surrounding country as the place where Indra served Diti. He now answers Rāma's question about the city: Viśāla, son of Ikṣvāku and Alambuṣā, founded Viśālā

1.46.10

eṣa deśaḥ sa kākutstha mahendrādhyuṣitaḥ purā
ditiṃ yatra tapaḥ siddhām evaṃ paricacāra saḥ

This is that land, O Kākutstha, formerly inhabited by great Indra, where he thus waited upon Diti, perfected in her austerity.

Words: eṣa — this; deśaḥ — land, region; sa — that; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; mahendrādhyuṣitaḥ — inhabited by great Indra; purā — formerly, of old; ditiṃ — Diti; yatra — where; tapaḥ — in austerity; siddhām — perfected, accomplished; evaṃ — thus; paricacāra — waited upon, served; saḥ — he

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.