Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.35

प्रदोषकाले हनुमांस्तूर्णमुत्पत्य वीर्यवान्। प्रविवेश पुरी रम्यां प्रविभक्तमहापथाम्॥ प्रासादमालाविततां स्तम्भैः काञ्चनसंनिभैः। शातकुम्भनिभैर्जालैर्गन्धर्वनगरोपमाम्॥

pradoṣakāle hanumāṃstūrṇamutpatya vīryavān| praviveśa purī ramyāṃ pravibhaktamahāpathām|| prāsādamālāvitatāṃ stambhaiḥ kāñcanasaṃnibhaiḥ| śātakumbhanibhairjālairgandharvanagaropamām||

English Meaning

At dusk, the powerful Hanumān, springing up, entered the charming city of Lankā with its well divided highways; furnished with rows of edifices having golden pillars, and net-works, resembling the metropolis of the Gandharvas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)