अन्वयः

सा पुरी that city, पुरस्तात् previously, मानवेन्द्रेण foremost among men, धीमता by the supreme person in wisdom, मनुना by Manu, यथा in the manner administered as, तेन by that, इक्ष्वाकुनाथेन protector of Ikshvaku race emperor Dasaratha, सुपरिरक्षिता was ably governed.

M N Dutt

That city was ably govered by Dasaratha that lord of Ikşvāku's line, even as that foremost of men, the intelligent Manu, had governed it before him.

Summary

That city was ably governed by Dasaratha, scion of the Ikshvakus, in the same way as it was previously administered by (Manu), the foremost among men and and the most intelligent.

पदच्छेदः

सा	तद् (१.१)
तेनेक्ष्वाकुनाथेन	तद् (३.१)–इक्ष्वाकु–नाथ (३.१)
पुरी	पुरी (१.१)
सुपरिरक्षिता	सु (अव्ययः)–परिरक्षित (√परि-रक्ष् + क्त, १.१)
यथा	यथा (अव्ययः)
पुरस्तान्	पुरस्तात् (अव्ययः)
मनुना	मनु (३.१)
मानवेन्द्रेण	मानव–इन्द्र (३.१)
धीमता	धीमत् (३.१)

छन्दः

अनुष्टुप् [८]

छन्दोविश्लेषणम्

१	२	३	४	५	६	७	८
सा	ते	ने	क्ष्वा	कु	ना	थे	न
पु	री	सु	प	रि	र	क्षि	ता
य	था	पु	र	स्ता	न्म	नु	ना
मा	न	वे	न्द्रे	ण	धी	म	ता