Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 71: Bharata Reaches Ayodhyā
Text 2.71.18
वनं च समतीत्याशु शर्वर्यामरुणोदये।
अयोध्यां मनुना राज्ञा निर्मितां संददर्श ह॥
vanaṁ ca samatītyāśu śarvaryām aruṇodaye
ayodhyāṁ manunā rājñā nirmitāṁ sandadarśa ha
vanam ca = through that forest; samatītya āśu = He quickly traveled; śarvaryām = in the night; aruṇa-udaye = and on sunrise; ayodhyām = Ayodhyā; manunā = Manu [in the past]; rājñā = by King; nirmitām = [the city] constructed; sandadarśa ha = He saw.
He quickly traveled through that forest in the night and on sunrise He saw Ayodhyā, [the city] constructed by King Manu [in the past].