इत्युक्त्वा परुषं वाक्यं रावणो राक्षसाधिपः॥ आरुरोह ततः श्रीमान्प्रासादं हिमपाण्डुरम्। बहुतालसमुत्सेधं रावणोऽथ दिदृक्षया॥
ityuktvā paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ|| āruroha tataḥ śrīmānprāsādaṃ himapāṇḍuram| bahutālasamutsedhaṃ rāvaṇo'tha didṛkṣayā||
English Meaning
Having uttered this rough speech, the graceful Ravana-lord of the Raksasas, desirous of surveying (the monkey-hosts), ascended an edifice white like snow, and elevated like many palms (placed one upon another).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)