And she saw the effulgent Rāvaņa in front of his palace, surrounded by his counsellors, like Vāsava surrounded by the Maruts; scated on a supreme golden seat resembling the sun, and like to a flaming fire on a golden dais kept alive by sacrificial offerings.
सा ददर्श विमानाग्रे रावणं दीप्ततेजसम्। उपोपविष्टं सचिवैर्मरुद्भिरिव वासवम्॥ आसीनं सूर्यसंकाशे काञ्चने परमासने। रुक्मवेदिगतं प्राज्यं ज्वलन्तमिव पावकम्॥