Chapter 3 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 3.9

तां रत्नवसनोपेतां गोष्ठागारवतंसिकाम्। यन्त्रागारस्तनीमृद्धां प्रमदामिव भूषिताम्॥ तां नष्टतिमिरां दीपै स्वरैश्च महाग्रहै:। नगरी राक्षसेन्द्रस्य स ददर्श महाकपिः॥ अथ सा हरिशार्दूलं प्रविशन्तं महाकपिम्। नगरी स्वेन रूपेण ददर्श पवनात्मजम्॥

tāṃ ratnavasanopetāṃ goṣṭhāgāravataṃsikām| yantrāgārastanīmṛddhāṃ pramadāmiva bhūṣitām|| tāṃ naṣṭatimirāṃ dīpai svaraiśca mahāgrahai:| nagarī rākṣasendrasya sa dadarśa mahākapiḥ|| atha sā hariśārdūlaṃ praviśantaṃ mahākapim| nagarī svena rūpeṇa dadarśa pavanātmajam||

English Meaning

And that redoubtable monkey beheld the metropolis of the monarch of the Räkşasas; having for her cloth the sea; for her pendants, cow-stalls and stables; for her breasts, turrets mounted on the walls for discharging missils, decked out like a damsel; with her darkness dispelled by bright lights and the mighty monkey son to the Wind-god was met by the city in her native shape.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)