Chapter 4 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 4.5

प्रजज्वाल तदा लङ्का रक्षोगणगृहैः शुभैः। सिताभ्रसदृशैश्चित्रैः पद्मस्वस्तिकसंस्थितैः॥ वर्धमानगृहैश्चापि सर्वतः सुविभूषितैः।

prajajvāla tadā laṅkā rakṣogaṇagṛhaiḥ śubhaiḥ| sitābhrasadṛśaiścitraiḥ padmasvastikasaṃsthitaiḥ|| vardhamānagṛhaiścāpi sarvataḥ suvibhūṣitaiḥ|

English Meaning

Then Lankā, with handsome and variegated mansions of Rākṣasas, resembling white clouds and arranged like lotus-leaves; and adorned on all sides with structures superscribed 'Vardhamāna,' shone forth in all it glory.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)