स लम्बशिखरे लंबे लंबतोयदसंनिभे। सत्त्वमास्थाय मेधावी हनुमान् मारुतात्मजः॥ निशि लङ्कां महासत्त्वो विवेश कपिकुञ्जरः। रम्यकाननतोयाढ्यां पुरी रावणपालिताम्॥ शारदाम्बुधरप्रख्यैर्भवनैरुपशोभिताम्। सागरोपमनिर्घोषां सागरानिलसेविताम्॥ सुपुष्टबलसम्पुष्टां यथैव विटपावतीम्। चारुतोरणनिर्वृहां पाण्डुरद्वारतोरणाम्॥ भुजगाचरितां गुप्तां शुभां भोगवतीमिव। तां सविद्युद्घनाकीर्णा ज्योतिर्गणनिषेविताम्॥ चण्डमारुतनिर्हादां यथा चाप्यमरावतीम्।
sa lambaśikhare laṃbe laṃbatoyadasaṃnibhe| sattvamāsthāya medhāvī hanumān mārutātmajaḥ|| niśi laṅkāṃ mahāsattvo viveśa kapikuñjaraḥ| ramyakānanatoyāḍhyāṃ purī rāvaṇapālitām|| śāradāmbudharaprakhyairbhavanairupaśobhitām| sāgaropamanirghoṣāṃ sāgarānilasevitām|| supuṣṭabalasampuṣṭāṃ yathaiva viṭapāvatīm| cārutoraṇanirvṛhāṃ pāṇḍuradvāratoraṇām|| bhujagācaritāṃ guptāṃ śubhāṃ bhogavatīmiva| tāṃ savidyudghanākīrṇā jyotirgaṇaniṣevitām|| caṇḍamārutanirhādāṃ yathā cāpyamarāvatīm|
English Meaning
Assuming the quality of goodness and energy on mount Lamba furnished with elevated summits, and resembling long masses of clouds, Hanuman, son to the Wind-god capable of concluding in harmony with season, possessed of exceeding strength an elephant among monkeys-entered Lańkā by night, affluent with charming woods and waters-the city governed by Rāvaņa; beautified with edifices resembling autumnal clouds; sounding like to Vitapāvati* herself with infuriated elephants (stationed) at her graceful gateways; containing white gates with ornainented arches; arches; resembling the handsome Bhogavatī inhabited and protected by serpents. And suddenly coming to that (city) resembling Amarāvatī, scattered with clouds charged with lightning, having hosts of luminaries, and tumultuous with the roars of blustering blasts, *Alakā, the city of Kubera, King of Yaksas.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)