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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.6.20

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 6: Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants. Daśaratha rules a prosperous and disciplined population, supported by trained warriors, fine horses and powerful elephants

In the sequence: trained warriors guard the city, which is supplied with fine horses from Kāmboja, Bāhlīka, Vanāyu, and river regions, and powerful elephants from the Vindhya and Himālaya and celebrated elephant lineages

1.6.20

kāmbojaviṣaye jātair bāhlīkaiś ca hayottamaiḥ
vanāyujair nadījaiś ca pūrṇāharihayopamaiḥ

full of excellent horses born in the Kāmboja land and of the Bāhlīka breed, born in Vanāyu and along rivers, resembling the steeds of Indra;

Words: kāmbojaviṣaye — in the Kāmboja country; jātair — born; bāhlīkaiś ca — and of the Bāhlīka breed; hayottamaiḥ — with excellent horses; vanāyujair — born in Vanāyu; nadījaiś ca — and river-born; pūrṇāharihayopamaiḥ — (the city) full, with steeds like Indra's horses

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.