O monarch, separate kings lived in those cities. The one of gold that was most beautiful had been in the possession of the high-souled Tarakaksha.
पुरेषु चाभवन् राजन् राजानो वै पृथक्-पृथक्। काञ्चनं तारकाक्षस्यचित्रमासीन्महात्मनः॥