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)