सर्गः ५
In which the Ikṣvāku Rāmāyaṇa is promised, and rich Kōsala, Manu-built Ayōdhyā, and Daśaratha ruling like Indra appear
Narrator vows to tell Rāmāyaṇa of Ikṣvāku line — Sagara digs ocean followed by sixty thousand sons — Kōsala prospers on Sarayū with wealth and grain — Manu builds famed Ayōdhyā with broad straight highways — Daśaratha dwells in Ayōdhyā like Indra in heaven — City shines with gates, markets, palaces, music, banners — Expert archers and thousands of mahārathas guard city — Vedic brāhmaṇas truthful and generous attend Daśaratha