बहुपांसुचयाश्चापि परिखाः परिवारिताः। तत्रेन्द्रनीलप्रतिमाः प्रतोलीवरशोभिताः॥ प्रासादमालासंयुक्ताः सौधप्राकारसंवृताः। पताकाशोभिताः सर्वे सुनिर्मितमहापथाः॥ विसर्पद्भिरिवाकाशे विटङ्काग्रविमानकैः। समुच्छ्रितैर्निवेशास्ते बभुः शक्रपुरोपमाः॥
bahupāṃsucayāścāpi parikhāḥ parivāritāḥ| tatrendranīlapratimāḥ pratolīvaraśobhitāḥ|| prāsādamālāsaṃyuktāḥ saudhaprākārasaṃvṛtāḥ| patākāśobhitāḥ sarve sunirmitamahāpathāḥ|| visarpadbhirivākāśe viṭaṅkāgravimānakaiḥ| samucchritairniveśāste babhuḥ śakrapuropamāḥ||
English Meaning
And the tents surrounded by an entrenchment paved with dust, containing images made of sapphires, graced with goodly thoroughfares, lined with edifices, encircled by towers and walls, decorated with streamers, having wellmade high-ways, and appearing like celestial daises and containing stately mansions dovecotes, resembled the metropolis of Śakra himself.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)