Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.39

स पाण्डुराविद्धविमानमालिनी महार्हजाम्बूनदजालतोरणाम्। यशस्विनी रावणबाहुपालितां क्षपाचरैभीमबलैः सुपालिताम्॥

sa pāṇḍurāviddhavimānamālinī mahārhajāmbūnadajālatoraṇām| yaśasvinī rāvaṇabāhupālitāṃ kṣapācaraibhīmabalaiḥ supālitām||

English Meaning

And he (entered Lankā) engarlanded with yellow edifices joined together, with the ornamented arches of her gateways furnished with nets of precious gold; famed (all over the world); ruled by the arm of Ravana, and vigilantly guarded by night-rangers of dreadful strength.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)