ततस्तां प्रस्थितः शालं ददर्श महतीं शिवाम्॥ रावणस्य महाकान्तां कान्तामिव वरस्त्रियम्। मणिसोपानविकृतां हेमजालविराजिताम्॥ स्फाटिकैरावृततलां दन्तान्तरितरूपिकाम्। मुक्तावज्रप्रवालैश्च रूप्यचामीकरैरपि॥ विभूषितां मणिस्तम्भैः सुबहुस्तम्भभूषिताम्। समैर्ऋजूभिरत्युच्चैः समन्तात् सुविभूषितैः॥ स्तम्भैः पक्षैरिवात्युच्चैर्दिवं सम्प्रस्थितामिव। महत्या कुथयाऽऽस्तीर्णां पृथिवीलक्षणाङ्कया॥ पृथिवीमिव विस्तीर्णां स राष्ट्रगृहशालिनीम्। नादितां मत्तविहगैर्दिव्यगन्धाधिवासिताम्॥ पराास्तरणोपेतां रक्षोऽधिपनिषेविताम्। धूम्रामगुरुधूपेन विमलां हंसपाण्डुराम्॥ पत्रपुष्पोपहारेण कल्माषीमिव सुप्रभाम्। मनसो मोदजननी वर्णस्यापि प्रसाधिनीम्॥ तां शोकनाशिनी दिव्यां श्रियः संजननीमिव। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियाथैस्तु पञ्चपञ्चभिरुत्तमैः॥ तर्पयामास मातेव तदा रावणपालिता।
tatastāṃ prasthitaḥ śālaṃ dadarśa mahatīṃ śivām|| rāvaṇasya mahākāntāṃ kāntāmiva varastriyam| maṇisopānavikṛtāṃ hemajālavirājitām|| sphāṭikairāvṛtatalāṃ dantāntaritarūpikām| muktāvajrapravālaiśca rūpyacāmīkarairapi|| vibhūṣitāṃ maṇistambhaiḥ subahustambhabhūṣitām| samairṛjūbhiratyuccaiḥ samantāt suvibhūṣitaiḥ|| stambhaiḥ pakṣairivātyuccairdivaṃ samprasthitāmiva| mahatyā kuthayā''stīrṇāṃ pṛthivīlakṣaṇāṅkayā|| pṛthivīmiva vistīrṇāṃ sa rāṣṭragṛhaśālinīm| nāditāṃ mattavihagairdivyagandhādhivāsitām|| parāāstaraṇopetāṃ rakṣo'dhipaniṣevitām| dhūmrāmagurudhūpena vimalāṃ haṃsapāṇḍurām|| patrapuṣpopahāreṇa kalmāṣīmiva suprabhām| manaso modajananī varṇasyāpi prasādhinīm|| tāṃ śokanāśinī divyāṃ śriyaḥ saṃjananīmiva| indriyāṇīndriyāthaistu pañcapañcabhiruttamaiḥ|| tarpayāmāsa māteva tadā rāvaṇapālitā|
English Meaning
Then (descending form Pushpaka and repairing to that sleeping apartment of Rāvana), Hanuman saw the same grand and graceful; belonging to Ravana; of transcendent beauty; comely like to a lovely lady; diversified with jewelled staircases; illumined with heaps of gems; with its terraces constructed of crystal; having statues of ivory, pearls, diamonds, coral, silver and gold; aborned with jewelled pillars; and embellished all round with pilasters; and upheld on all sides by straight, elevated and gorgeously ornamented pillars of equal dimensions, resembling prodigious wings, (the mansion) appearing to tower to the sky; containing spacious and parti-coloured woollen cloths bearing the marks of the Earth;* extensive as the Earth is, with kingdoms and dwellings; resounding with the roars of infuriated elephants; redolent of divine fragrance; furnished with gay canopies; inhabited by the sovereign of the Rāks as; cloudy with aguru and dhupa; spotless; of a swan-like whiteness; engarlanded with flowers and leaves like to the dappled and brilliant cow (of Vasishtha); bringing delight to the heart; and enhancing the grace (of all creatures); removing sorrow; noble; and the generatrix of Grace herself. And as soon as Hanuman entered the mansion protected by Rāvaņa, it like a mother regaled his senses with their proper objects. *i.e. four-cornered, The Earth, in Hindu cosmogony, is a flat surface having four corners.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)