Chapter 7 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 7.1

स वेश्मजालं बलवान् ददर्श व्यासक्तवैदूर्यसुवर्णजालम्। यथा महत्प्रावृषि मेघजालं विद्युत्पिनद्धं सविहङ्गजालम्॥

sa veśmajālaṃ balavān dadarśa vyāsaktavaidūryasuvarṇajālam| yathā mahatprāvṛṣi meghajālaṃ vidyutpinaddhaṃ savihaṅgajālam||

English Meaning

And that one endowed with strength saw that row of structures fitted up with golden windows, studded with lapis lazulis, and containing birds; like to a mass of clouds in a season of great rains, crowned with lightning, and fraught with fowls.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)