Chapter 53 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 53.16

राक्षसाः क्रूरकर्माणश्चारयन्ति स्म तां पुरीम्। अन्वीयमानो रक्षोभिर्ययौ सुखमरिन्दमः॥ हनूमांश्चारयामास राक्षसानां महापुरीम्। यथापश्यद् विमानानि विचित्राणि महाकपिः॥ संवृतान् भूमिभागांश्च सुविभक्तांश्च चत्वरान्। रथ्याश्च गृहसंबाधाः कपिः शृङ्गाटकानि च॥ तथा रथ्योपरथ्याश्च तथैव च गृहान्तरान्।

rākṣasāḥ krūrakarmāṇaścārayanti sma tāṃ purīm| anvīyamāno rakṣobhiryayau sukhamarindamaḥ|| hanūmāṃścārayāmāsa rākṣasānāṃ mahāpurīm| yathāpaśyad vimānāni vicitrāṇi mahākapiḥ|| saṃvṛtān bhūmibhāgāṃśca suvibhaktāṃśca catvarān| rathyāśca gṛhasaṃbādhāḥ kapiḥ śṛṅgāṭakāni ca|| tathā rathyoparathyāśca tathaiva ca gṛhāntarān|

English Meaning

And led by those Rākşasas, that subduer of enemies, Hanumān, experienced delight, and going about the mighty metropolis of the Rākşasas, the redoubted monkey surveyed variegated cars, enclosed court-yards, wellordered terraces, streets thronged with edifices, crossings, by-ways, and the interiors dwellings.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)