तामपश्यद् बलाकीर्णां हरिराजमहापुरीम्। दुर्गामिक्ष्वाकुशार्दूलः किष्किन्धां गिरिसंकटे॥
tāmapaśyad balākīrṇāṃ harirājamahāpurīm| durgāmikṣvākuśārdūlaḥ kiṣkindhāṃ girisaṃkaṭe||
English Meaning
And that best of Ikşwakus, beheld that splendid city of the king of monkeys hard to enter, surrounded by monkey-herds, and mountains.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)