स मन्दरसमप्रख्यं मयूरस्थानसंकुलम्॥ ध्वजयष्टिभिराकीर्णं ददर्श भवनोत्तमम्। अनन्तरत्ननिचयं निधिजालं समन्ततः। धीरनिष्ठितकर्माङ्गं गृहं भूतपतेरिव ॥
sa mandarasamaprakhyaṃ mayūrasthānasaṃkulam|| dhvajayaṣṭibhirākīrṇaṃ dadarśa bhavanottamam| anantaratnanicayaṃ nidhijālaṃ samantataḥ| dhīraniṣṭhitakarmāṅgaṃ gṛhaṃ bhūtapateriva ||
English Meaning
He beheld that charming mansion resembling Mandara, filled with places for peacocks* thronged with pennons and flagstaffs, a very mine of countless gems, a field of treasures spread around, where persons of intrepid calmness were engaged in acts tending to the safety of the treasures, resembling the mansion herself of Kubera. *Sportive peacocks.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)