लतागृहाणि चान्यानि चित्रशालागृहाणि च॥ क्रीडागृहाणि चान्यानि दारुपर्वतकानि च। कामस्य गृहकं रम्यं दिवागृहकमेव च॥ ददर्श राक्षसेन्द्रस्य रावणस्य निवेशने।
latāgṛhāṇi cānyāni citraśālāgṛhāṇi ca|| krīḍāgṛhāṇi cānyāni dāruparvatakāni ca| kāmasya gṛhakaṃ ramyaṃ divāgṛhakameva ca|| dadarśa rākṣasendrasya rāvaṇasya niveśane|
English Meaning
And graceful grots; and picture galleries; and sporting saloons, mountains composed of wood, captivating structures dedicated to dalliance, and dwellings for day-dalliance,' saw he in the mansion of the Raksasa monarch. 1. Designed for sport. — 2. The conception of day-dalliance met with in Vidya Sundara of Bharata Chandra Roy, the Bengali poet, is found to have first originated with Vālimiki.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)