मृगयूथपरिभ्रष्टां मृगी श्वभिरिवावृताम्। अधोगतमुखीं सीतां तामभ्येत्य निशाचरः॥ तां तु शोकवशाद् दीनामवशां राक्षसाधिपः। स बलाद् दर्शयामास गृहं देवगृहोपमम्॥ हर्म्यप्रासादसम्बाधं स्त्रीसहस्रनिषेवितम्। नानापक्षिगणैर्जुष्टं नानारत्नसमन्वितम्॥ दान्तकैस्तापनीयैश्च स्फाटिकै राजतैस्तथा। वज्रवैदूर्यचित्रैश्च स्तम्भैईष्टिमनोरमैः॥
mṛgayūthaparibhraṣṭāṃ mṛgī śvabhirivāvṛtām| adhogatamukhīṃ sītāṃ tāmabhyetya niśācaraḥ|| tāṃ tu śokavaśād dīnāmavaśāṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ| sa balād darśayāmāsa gṛhaṃ devagṛhopamam|| harmyaprāsādasambādhaṃ strīsahasraniṣevitam| nānāpakṣigaṇairjuṣṭaṃ nānāratnasamanvitam|| dāntakaistāpanīyaiśca sphāṭikai rājataistathā| vajravaidūryacitraiśca stambhaiīṣṭimanoramaiḥ||
English Meaning
Coming to Sītā disconsolate in consequence of stress of sorrow, remaining with her head bent down, that ranger of the night, the lord of the Rākşasas, forcibly showed to her that mansion resembling the mansion of the celestials, thick with palaces and lordly piles, inhabited by thousands of females; containing birds of various kinds; furnished with various gems; with beautiful pillars of ivory gold and crystal and silver, studded with diamonds and lapises.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)