Chapter 39 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 39.3

चम्पकाशोकबकुलशालतालसमाकुला। तमालापनसच्छन्ना नागमालासमावृता॥ हिन्तालैरर्जुनैींपैः सप्तवर्णैः सुपुष्पितैः। तिलकैः कर्णिकारैश्च पाटलैश्च समन्ततः॥ शुशुभे पुष्पिताणैव लतापरिगतदुमैः। लङ्कां बहुविधैर्दृश्यैर्यथेन्द्रस्यामरावती॥

campakāśokabakulaśālatālasamākulā| tamālāpanasacchannā nāgamālāsamāvṛtā|| hintālairarjunaiīṃpaiḥ saptavarṇaiḥ supuṣpitaiḥ| tilakaiḥ karṇikāraiśca pāṭalaiśca samantataḥ|| śuśubhe puṣpitāṇaiva latāparigatadumaiḥ| laṅkāṃ bahuvidhairdṛśyairyathendrasyāmarāvatī||

English Meaning

Abounding in champakas, asokas, vakulas, śālas, and palms; covered with tamālas and panišas, and environed all around with trees, and surrounded with Hintālas, Arjunas, blossoming Saptaparmas, Tilakas, Karmikāras, and Patalas, trees with flowering tops, entertwined with creepers, Larkā looked exceedingly lovely, with various sights, resembling the Amarāvatī herself of Indra.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)