मेरुशृङ्गसमं सूतो रामवेश्म ददर्श ह। उपस्थितैः समाकीर्णं जनैरञ्जलिकारिभिः॥ उपादाय समाक्रान्तैस्तदा जानपदैर्जनैः। रामाभिषेकसुमुखैरुन्मुखैः समलंकृतम्॥ महामेघसमप्रख्यमुदग्रं सुविराजितम्। नानारत्नसमाकीर्णं कुब्जकैरपि चावृतम्॥ स वाजियुक्तेन रथेन सारथिः समाकुलं राजकुलं विराजयन्। वरूथिना राजगृहाभिपातिना पुरस्य सर्वस्य मनांसि हर्षयन्॥
meruśṛṅgasamaṃ sūto rāmaveśma dadarśa ha| upasthitaiḥ samākīrṇaṃ janairañjalikāribhiḥ|| upādāya samākrāntaistadā jānapadairjanaiḥ| rāmābhiṣekasumukhairunmukhaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam|| mahāmeghasamaprakhyamudagraṃ suvirājitam| nānāratnasamākīrṇaṃ kubjakairapi cāvṛtam|| sa vājiyuktena rathena sārathiḥ samākulaṃ rājakulaṃ virājayan| varūthinā rājagṛhābhipātinā purasya sarvasya manāṃsi harṣayan||
English Meaning
Sumantra saw the place filled with people coming from different quarters with clasped hands and adorned with citizens approaching with various presents and eager (to see the installations of Rāma) and (standing at the gate) being prevented by the warders to enter, resembling a huge cloud, of picturesque situation, spacious; strewn with pearls and diamonds and crowded with servants. That charioteer, in his chariot with its wooden ledge and horses, beautifying the crowded streets and pleasing the citizens, entered the abode of Rāma.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)