हृद इव तिमिनागसंवृतः स्तिमितजलो मणिशङ्खशर्करः। दशरथसुतशोभिता सभा सदशरथेव बभूव सा पुरा॥
hṛda iva timināgasaṃvṛtaḥ stimitajalo maṇiśaṅkhaśarkaraḥ| daśarathasutaśobhitā sabhā sadaśaratheva babhūva sā purā||
English Meaning
And then the court resembling a moveless ocean containing whales and serpents,* and gems and conchs and gold-mines, being graced with the presence of Dasaratha's son, looked splendid as it formerly did with that of Dasaratha himself. *Nāga may also mean hypopotamus.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)