ततः प्रत्युषसि प्राप्ते प्राप्तधर्मार्थनिश्चयः। राक्षसाधिपतेर्वेश्म भीमकर्मा विभीषणः॥ शैलाग्रचयसंकाशं शैलशृङ्गमिवोन्नतम्। सुविभक्तमहाकक्ष महाजनपरिग्रहम्॥ मतिमद्भिर्महामात्रैरनुरक्तैरधिष्ठितम्। राक्षसैराप्तपर्याप्तैः सर्वतः परिरक्षितम्॥ मत्तमातङ्गनिःश्वासैर्व्याकुलीकृतमारुतम्। शङ्खघोषमहाघोषं तूर्यसंबाधनादितम्॥ प्रमदाजनसंबाधं प्रजल्पितमहापथम्। तप्तकाञ्चननिहं भूषणोत्तमभूषितम्॥ गन्धर्वाणामिवावासमालयं मरुतामिव । रत्नसंचयसंबाधं भवनं भोगिनामिव॥ तं महाभ्रमिवादित्यस्तेजोविस्तृतरश्मिवान्। अग्रजस्यालयं वीरः प्रविवेश महाद्युतिः॥
tataḥ pratyuṣasi prāpte prāptadharmārthaniścayaḥ| rākṣasādhipaterveśma bhīmakarmā vibhīṣaṇaḥ|| śailāgracayasaṃkāśaṃ śailaśṛṅgamivonnatam| suvibhaktamahākakṣa mahājanaparigraham|| matimadbhirmahāmātrairanuraktairadhiṣṭhitam| rākṣasairāptaparyāptaiḥ sarvataḥ parirakṣitam|| mattamātaṅganiḥśvāsairvyākulīkṛtamārutam| śaṅkhaghoṣamahāghoṣaṃ tūryasaṃbādhanāditam|| pramadājanasaṃbādhaṃ prajalpitamahāpatham| taptakāñcananihaṃ bhūṣaṇottamabhūṣitam|| gandharvāṇāmivāvāsamālayaṃ marutāmiva | ratnasaṃcayasaṃbādhaṃ bhavanaṃ bhogināmiva|| taṃ mahābhramivādityastejovistṛtaraśmivān| agrajasyālayaṃ vīraḥ praviveśa mahādyutiḥ||
English Meaning
Then early in the morning, like the fiery and refulgent sun entering a mighty mass of clouds, Vibhisana, fast to virtue and interest, heroic and possessed of exceeding splendour, playing a perilous part, * entered the apartment of his elder brother, resembling an assemblage of mountain summits and elevated like the peak of a mountain, orderly, divided into spacious rooms, the resort of the great-inhabited by august and intelligent persons attached (to Răvaņa); guarded around by lusty Rakşasas in limited numbers; having the air agitated by the breath of mad elephants; with loud blares of conchs, and resounding with trumpets; with loud blares of conchs, and resounding with trumpets; embosoming numbers of beautiful damsels, with its high-ways (overflowing with talk); furnished with doors of polished gold; embellished with excellent ornaments; resembling the abode of the Gandharvas, or the mansion of the Maruts; containing heaps of gems; like to the dwelling of serpents. *The project he had conceived, viz., converting Rāvana to his own polloy of pacification, was fraught with peril to himself, considering his brother's fierce temperament.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)