तां स नन्दनसंकाशां मृगपक्षिभिरावृताम्। हर्म्यप्रासादसम्बाधां कोकिकाकुलनिःस्वनाम्॥ काञ्चनोत्पलपद्माभिर्वापीभिरुपशोभिताम्। बह्वासनकुथोपेतां बहुभूमिगृहायुताम्॥ सर्वर्तुकुसुमै रम्यैः फलवद्भिश्च पादपैः। पुष्पितानामशोकानां श्रिया सूर्योदयप्रभाम्॥
tāṃ sa nandanasaṃkāśāṃ mṛgapakṣibhirāvṛtām| harmyaprāsādasambādhāṃ kokikākulaniḥsvanām|| kāñcanotpalapadmābhirvāpībhirupaśobhitām| bahvāsanakuthopetāṃ bahubhūmigṛhāyutām|| sarvartukusumai ramyaiḥ phalavadbhiśca pādapaiḥ| puṣpitānāmaśokānāṃ śriyā sūryodayaprabhām||
English Meaning
It resembled Nandana or the celestial garden, and was filled with various animals and birds, palaces and mansions; resounded with the notes of Kokilas; adorned with the ponds abounding in silvern water-lilies and lotuses; filled with many seats and coverlets and various houses having spacious courtyards; adorned with beautiful flowers of all seasons and trees bearing fruits. And the beauty of the blossoming Aśokas resembled the effulgence of the Sun.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)