Chapter 23 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 23.45

ततोऽश्मनगरं भूयो विचेरुयुद्धदुर्मदाः। यत्रापश्यद्दशग्रीवो गृहं परमभास्वरम्॥ वैदूर्यतोरणाकीर्णं मुक्ताजालविभूषितम्। सुवर्णस्तम्भगहनं वेदिकाभिः समन्ततः॥

tato'śmanagaraṃ bhūyo viceruyuddhadurmadāḥ| yatrāpaśyaddaśagrīvo gṛhaṃ paramabhāsvaram|| vaidūryatoraṇākīrṇaṃ muktājālavibhūṣitam| suvarṇastambhagahanaṃ vedikābhiḥ samantataḥ||

English Meaning

And again journeyed in the city of Aśma (the followers of Rāvana) dreadful in fight. There the Ten-necked demon beheld a highly picturesque house adorned with networks of pearls, having gateways crested Vaiduryas, golden pillars and abounding in pavements.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)