Chapter 11 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 11.15

बहुप्रकारैर्विविधैर्वरसंस्कारसंस्कृतैः॥ मांसैः कुशलसंयुक्तैः पानभूमिगतैः पृथक् । दिव्या प्रसन्ना विविधाः सुराः कृतसुरा अपि॥ शर्करासवमाध्वीकाः पुष्पासवफलासवाः। वासचूर्णैश्च विविधैर्मुष्टास्तैस्तैः पृथक् पृथक् ॥ संतता शुशुभे भूमिर्माल्यैश्च बहुसंस्थितैः। हिरण्मयैश्च कलशैर्भाजनैः स्फाटिकैरपि॥ जाम्बूनदमयैश्चान्यैः करकैरभिसंवृता।

bahuprakārairvividhairvarasaṃskārasaṃskṛtaiḥ|| māṃsaiḥ kuśalasaṃyuktaiḥ pānabhūmigataiḥ pṛthak | divyā prasannā vividhāḥ surāḥ kṛtasurā api|| śarkarāsavamādhvīkāḥ puṣpāsavaphalāsavāḥ| vāsacūrṇaiśca vividhairmuṣṭāstaistaiḥ pṛthak pṛthak || saṃtatā śuśubhe bhūmirmālyaiśca bahusaṃsthitaiḥ| hiraṇmayaiśca kalaśairbhājanaiḥ sphāṭikairapi|| jāmbūnadamayaiścānyaiḥ karakairabhisaṃvṛtā|

English Meaning

With meat consisting of many ingredients, fraught with diverse tastes, seasoned with many substances, and dressed by skilful cooks, arranged separately in the scene of revel; and with noble and pleasant wines, natural and artifical, asavas from sugar; and Madhvika' and āsavas from flowers and fruits; and impregnated separately with different kinds of fragrant dust, the pavement, furnished with innumerable garlands, surrounded with golden water vessels and crystal bowls, and golden water-pots, looked exceedingly beautiful.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)