राजमार्गे ययौ रामो मध्येनागुरुधूपितम्। चन्दनानां च मुख्यानामगुरुणां च संचयैः॥ उत्तमानां च गन्धानां क्षौमकौशाम्बरस्य च। अविद्धाभिश्च मुक्ताभिरुत्तमैः स्फाटिकैरपि॥ शोभमानमसम्बाधं तं राजपथमुत्तमम्। संवृतं विविधैः पुष्पैर्भक्ष्यैरुच्चावचैरपि॥ ददर्श तं राजपथं दिवि देवपतिर्यथा। दध्यक्षतहविलाजैधूपैरगुरुचन्दनैः॥
rājamārge yayau rāmo madhyenāgurudhūpitam| candanānāṃ ca mukhyānāmaguruṇāṃ ca saṃcayaiḥ|| uttamānāṃ ca gandhānāṃ kṣaumakauśāmbarasya ca| aviddhābhiśca muktābhiruttamaiḥ sphāṭikairapi|| śobhamānamasambādhaṃ taṃ rājapathamuttamam| saṃvṛtaṃ vividhaiḥ puṣpairbhakṣyairuccāvacairapi|| dadarśa taṃ rājapathaṃ divi devapatiryathā| dadhyakṣatahavilājaidhūpairagurucandanaiḥ||
English Meaning
It was a splendidly spacious road decorated with a coilection of sandal, Agaru and other fine scents, with silk and red cloth, with pearls holed and other valuable crystals and strewn with various flowers and filled with edibles multiform. Like to the lord of celestials in heaven he saw this high way and the court-yard covered with curd, clarified butter, fried paddy, Dhüpa, Agaru and sandal, and embellished with garlands and other scents.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)