Chapter 24 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 24.9

आलिखन्तीमिवाकाशमुत्थितां पश्य लक्ष्मण। मनसेव कृतां लङ्कां नगाग्रे विश्वकर्मणा॥

ālikhantīmivākāśamutthitāṃ paśya lakṣmaṇa| manaseva kṛtāṃ laṅkāṃ nagāgre viśvakarmaṇā||

English Meaning

Behold, O Laksmana, Lanka towering up as if piercing the heavens; and, built by Viśvakarmā on the brow of the mountain, she seems to have been made by the Mind.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)