Chapter 15 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 15.22

नमात्यमुख्यांश्च ददर्श वल्लभान्। व्यपोह्य सूतः सहितान् समन्ततः समृद्धमन्तः पुरमाविवेश ह।४७।। ततोऽद्रिकूटाचलमेघसंनिभं महाविमानोपमवेश्मसंयुतम्। अवार्यमाणः प्रविवेश सारथिः प्रभूतरत्नं मकरो यथार्णवम्॥

namātyamukhyāṃśca dadarśa vallabhān| vyapohya sūtaḥ sahitān samantataḥ samṛddhamantaḥ puramāviveśa ha|47|| tato'drikūṭācalameghasaṃnibhaṃ mahāvimānopamaveśmasaṃyutam| avāryamāṇaḥ praviveśa sārathiḥ prabhūtaratnaṃ makaro yathārṇavam||

English Meaning

He saw well adorned ministers dear to the king with horses, chariots and elephants; and leaving them all on either side, entered unprevented, like to the marine monster Makara entering the ocean containing many pearls and diamonds, the splendid apartment of the ladies, resembling the clouds that hover over the summit of the Hill Himadri, and having a number of beautiful houses comparing with great celestial cars. as

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)