Chapter 9 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 9.6

तस्य हर्म्यस्य मध्यस्थवेश्म चान्यत् सुनिर्मितम्। बहुनिफूहसंयुक्तं ददर्श पवनात्मजः॥ ब्रह्मणोऽर्थे कृतं दिव्यं दिवि यद् विश्वकर्मणा। विमानं पुष्पकं नाम सर्वरत्नविभूषितम्॥

tasya harmyasya madhyasthaveśma cānyat sunirmitam| bahuniphūhasaṃyuktaṃ dadarśa pavanātmajaḥ|| brahmaṇo'rthe kṛtaṃ divyaṃ divi yad viśvakarmaṇā| vimānaṃ puṣpakaṃ nāma sarvaratnavibhūṣitam||

English Meaning

In the midst of that mansion the Wind-god's offspring found another.* excellently constructed, having innumerable mad elephants; that noble car embellished with all gems, entitled Pushpaka, which had been constructed in heaven by Viśvakarmă for Brahmā himself. *The car Puspaka, according to Tirtha, whose view is accepted by Rāmānuja. According to Kataka, Vesma means a bedchamber of husband and wife.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)