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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.6.22

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

1.6.22

añjanād api niṣkrāntair vāmanād api ca dvipaiḥ
bhadramandrair bhadramṛgair mṛgamandraiś ca sā purī

with elephants sprung too from Añjana and from Vāmana (the world-elephants), of the bhadra-mandra, bhadra-mṛga, and mṛga-mandra breeds — that city,

Words: añjanād — from Añjana; api — also; niṣkrāntair — descended, sprung; vāmanād — from Vāmana; api ca — and also; dvipaiḥ — with elephants; bhadramandrair — of the bhadra-mandra breed; bhadramṛgair — of the bhadra-mṛga breed; mṛgamandraiś ca — and of the mṛga-mandra breed; sā — that; purī — city

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.