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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.5.22

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 5: Ayodhyā’s layout and defences. The narrative introduces Kosala on the Sarayū and its capital, describing Ayodhyā’s roads, defences, markets and abundant provisions

In the sequence: the portrait closes with its trained warriors, skilled hunters, learned brāhmaṇas, sacred fires, generosity, and ṛṣis.

1.5.22

tādṛśānāṃ sahasrais tām abhipūrṇāṃ mahārathaiḥ
purīm āvāsayām āsa rājā daśarathas tadā

That city, filled with thousands of such great chariot-warriors, King Daśaratha then peopled.

Words: tādṛśānāṃ — of such (men); sahasrais — with thousands; tām — that; abhipūrṇāṃ — filled, thronged; mahārathaiḥ — with great chariot-warriors; purīm — the city; āvāsayām āsa — peopled, caused to be inhabited; rājā — the king; daśarathas — Daśaratha; tadā — then

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.