शातकुम्भेन महता प्राकारेणाभिसंवृताम्॥ किङ्किणीजालघोषाभिः पताकाभिरलंकृताम्। आसाद्य सहसा हृष्टः प्राकारमभिपेदिवान्॥ विस्मयाविष्टहृदयः पुरीमालोक्य सर्वतः। जाम्बूनदमयैारैवैदूर्यकृतवेदिकैः॥ वज्रस्फटिकमुक्ताभिर्मणिकुट्टिमभूषितैः। तप्तहाटकनिषूहै राजतामलपाण्डुरैः॥ वैदूर्यकृतसोपानैः स्फाटिकान्तरपांसुभिः। चारुसंजवनोपैतैः खमिवोत्पतितैः शुभैः॥
śātakumbhena mahatā prākāreṇābhisaṃvṛtām|| kiṅkiṇījālaghoṣābhiḥ patākābhiralaṃkṛtām| āsādya sahasā hṛṣṭaḥ prākāramabhipedivān|| vismayāviṣṭahṛdayaḥ purīmālokya sarvataḥ| jāmbūnadamayaiāraivaidūryakṛtavedikaiḥ|| vajrasphaṭikamuktābhirmaṇikuṭṭimabhūṣitaiḥ| taptahāṭakaniṣūhai rājatāmalapāṇḍuraiḥ|| vaidūryakṛtasopānaiḥ sphāṭikāntarapāṃsubhiḥ| cārusaṃjavanopaitaiḥ khamivotpatitaiḥ śubhaiḥ||
English Meaning
Girt round by a mighty golden wall, ringing with the tinklings of tiny bells; and embellished with pennons, he growing exceedingly exhilarated, made towards the wall. And beholding the city all round, furnished with golden doors; having quadrangular courts composed of lapises; ornamented with plastered jewelled pavements studded with all gems, crystals, and pearls; with mad elephants of burnished gold and speckless white silver, with stairs of lapises, (doors) devoid of dust with their centres composed of crystal and with stately halls; elegant, and adjoining mansions seeming as if reaching up to the heavens.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)