अप्यावां युगपत् प्राप्तावपश्याव महीतले। रथचक्रप्रमाणानि नगराणि पृथक् पृथक् ॥ क्वचिद् वादित्रघोषश्च क्वचिद् भूषणनिःस्वनः। गायन्ती: स्माङ्गना बह्वीः पश्यावो रक्तवाससः॥
apyāvāṃ yugapat prāptāvapaśyāva mahītale| rathacakrapramāṇāni nagarāṇi pṛthak pṛthak || kvacid vāditraghoṣaśca kvacid bhūṣaṇaniḥsvanaḥ| gāyantī: smāṅganā bahvīḥ paśyāvo raktavāsasaḥ||
English Meaning
And simultaneously plunging into the serial deep) we saw on the earth beneath separate cities resembling car-wheels; and here the sound of musical instruments, and there the tinklings of ornaments. And (at places) we beheld many a damsel clad in red attire, engaged in singing.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)