Chapter 55 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 55.7

सुधामणिविचित्राणि भूमिभागानि सर्वशः। दशग्रीवः स्वभवने प्रादर्शयत मैथिलीम्॥ दीर्घिकाः पुष्करिण्यश्च नानापुप्पसमावृताः। रावणो दर्शयामास सीतां शोकपरायणाम्॥

sudhāmaṇivicitrāṇi bhūmibhāgāni sarvaśaḥ| daśagrīvaḥ svabhavane prādarśayata maithilīm|| dīrghikāḥ puṣkariṇyaśca nānāpuppasamāvṛtāḥ| rāvaṇo darśayāmāsa sītāṃ śokaparāyaṇām||

English Meaning

The ground all over was decorated with ambrosia and gems. The Ten-headed one in his own mansion showed to Maithilī large tanks and pools covered with various kinds of flowers. (All this) Rāvaņa showed to Sítā overmastered by sorrow.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)