सिक्तसम्मार्जितपथां पताकोत्तमभूषिताम्। संहष्टमनुजोपेतां समृद्धविपणापणाम् ॥ महोत्सवसमायुक्तां राघवार्थे समुत्सुकाम्। चन्दनागुरुधूपैश्च सर्वतः परिमिताम्॥
siktasammārjitapathāṃ patākottamabhūṣitām| saṃhaṣṭamanujopetāṃ samṛddhavipaṇāpaṇām || mahotsavasamāyuktāṃ rāghavārthe samutsukām| candanāgurudhūpaiśca sarvataḥ parimitām||
English Meaning
Whose streets had been swept and watered and which had been decorated with streamers, and which was filled with people rejoicing, and whose stalls overflowed with articles, and which resounded with the noise of festivity, and which was populous with folks eager for the installation of Rāghava, and which was every where scented with sandal and dhüpa and aguru.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)