सिक्तराजपथां कृत्स्नां प्रकीर्णकमलोत्पलाम्। अयोध्यां मन्थरा तस्मात् प्रासादादन्ववैक्षत॥
siktarājapathāṃ kṛtsnāṃ prakīrṇakamalotpalām| ayodhyāṃ mantharā tasmāt prāsādādanvavaikṣata||
English Meaning
Mantharā beheld from the palace the highways of Ayodhyā well watered all round, and strewn with lotuses, and adorned with standards bearing gay pennons.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)