केचिद् रजतसंकाशाः केचित् क्षतजसंनिभाः। पीतमाञ्जिष्ठवर्णाश्च केचिन्मणिवरप्रभाः॥ पुष्पार्ककेतकाभाश्च केचिज्ज्योतीरसप्रभाः। विराजन्तेऽचलेन्द्रस्य देशा धातुविभूषिताः॥
kecid rajatasaṃkāśāḥ kecit kṣatajasaṃnibhāḥ| pītamāñjiṣṭhavarṇāśca kecinmaṇivaraprabhāḥ|| puṣpārkaketakābhāśca kecijjyotīrasaprabhāḥ| virājante'calendrasya deśā dhātuvibhūṣitāḥ||
English Meaning
And some pares of this monarch of mountains are like silver, and some are blood-red, and some yellow like the hue of Mañjiștha, and some lustrous like sapphires, and some shining like blossoms or crystal or Ketakas, and some blazing like stars or mercury, and some digit in mineral substances.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)