निर्जित्य राक्षसेन्द्रस्तं धनदं हृष्टमानसः। पुष्पकं तस्य जग्राह विमानं जयलक्षणम्॥ काञ्चनस्तम्भसंवीतं वैदूर्यमणितोरणम्। मुक्काजालप्रतिच्छन्नं सर्वकालफलद्रुमम्॥ मनोजवं कामगमं कामरूपं विहङ्गमम्। मणिकाञ्चनसोपानं तप्तकाञ्चनवेदिकम्॥ देवोपवाह्यपक्षय्यं सदादृष्टिमनःसुखम्। बह्वाश्चर्य भक्तिचित्रं ब्रह्मणा परिनिर्मितम्॥ निर्मितं सर्वकामैस्तु मनोहरमनुत्तमम्। न तु शीतं न चोष्णं च सर्वर्तुसुखदं शुभम्॥ स तं राजा समारुह्य कामगं वीर्यनिर्जितम्। जितं त्रिभुवनं मेने दर्पोत्सेकात्सुदुर्मतिः। जित्वा वैश्रवणं देवं कैलासात्समवातरत्॥
nirjitya rākṣasendrastaṃ dhanadaṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ| puṣpakaṃ tasya jagrāha vimānaṃ jayalakṣaṇam|| kāñcanastambhasaṃvītaṃ vaidūryamaṇitoraṇam| mukkājālapraticchannaṃ sarvakālaphaladrumam|| manojavaṃ kāmagamaṃ kāmarūpaṃ vihaṅgamam| maṇikāñcanasopānaṃ taptakāñcanavedikam|| devopavāhyapakṣayyaṃ sadādṛṣṭimanaḥsukham| bahvāścarya bhakticitraṃ brahmaṇā parinirmitam|| nirmitaṃ sarvakāmaistu manoharamanuttamam| na tu śītaṃ na coṣṇaṃ ca sarvartusukhadaṃ śubham|| sa taṃ rājā samāruhya kāmagaṃ vīryanirjitam| jitaṃ tribhuvanaṃ mene darpotsekātsudurmatiḥ| jitvā vaiśravaṇaṃ devaṃ kailāsātsamavātarat||
English Meaning
Conquering the bestower of wealth, the lord of Raksasas, with a delighted heart, possessed himself of his Puspaka, the car, as a sign of victory; furnished with golden pillars, gateways set with lapises, covered with networks of pearls, having three yielding the fruits of all seasons, endowed with the celerity of thought, ranging everywhere at will, wearing forms at pleasure, capable of coursing in the sky, with golden and jewelled stairs, and daises of polished gold, the vehicle of the gods undeteriorating, bringing delight to the mind and sight; wonderous exceedingly: painted with images designed to fill the mind with reverence, constructed by Brahmä, containing all objects of desire, charming and nonpariel not cold and not yet hot, granting gratification in every season, and graceful to the view. And ascending that (car) coursing at will, won by his prowess, that utterly wicked one, out of swelling insolence, deemed himself master of the three worlds. And having vanquished the deity Vaiśravaņa, he descended from Kailasa.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)