संध्यया चावृता लङ्का जपापुष्पनिकाशया। दृश्यते संप्रदीप्तेव दिवसेऽपि वसुंधरा ॥
saṃdhyayā cāvṛtā laṅkā japāpuṣpanikāśayā| dṛśyate saṃpradīpteva divase'pi vasuṃdharā ||
English Meaning
And Lankā was enveloped with evening resembling the red Japā flowers and even in day appeared ablaze.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)