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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.43.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 43: Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers. He crosses the Vedaśruti, Gomatī & Syandikā, shows Sītā the ancestral lands and longs to see his parents again

In the sequence: Rāma points out to Sītā the prosperous country traditionally given by Manu to Ikṣvāku

2.43.11

sa mahīṃ manunā rājñā dattām ikṣvākave purā
sphītāṃ rāṣṭrāvṛtāṃ rāmo vaidehīm anvadarśayat

Rāma pointed out to Vaidehī the land that King Manu had given of old to Ikṣvāku, prosperous and covered with realms.

Words: sa — he; mahīṃ — the land, earth; manunā — by Manu; rājñā — the king; dattām — given; ikṣvākave — to Ikṣvāku; purā — of old, long ago; sphītāṃ — flourishing, prosperous; rāṣṭrāvṛtāṃ — covered with realms; rāmo — Rāma; vaidehīm — to Vaidehī (Sītā); anvadarśayat — pointed out, showed

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.