Lakṣmaṇa's auspicious and puissant elder brother, beholding that flourishing and wealthy city resembling the celestial regions, charming to the mind, made of gold, graced with mountains, and decked out with mountains containing various metals, resonant with the notes of various birds; abounding in various beasts, furnished with various kinds of flowers, and inhabited by various orders of Rākşasas, was struck with astonishment.
मनोज्ञां काञ्चनवतीं पर्वतैरुपशोभिताम्। नानाधातुविचित्रैश्च उद्यानैरुपशोभिताम्॥ नानाविहगसंघुष्टां नानामृगनिषेविताम्। नानाकुसुमसंपन्नां नानाराक्षससेविताम्॥ तां समृद्धां समृद्धार्थां लक्ष्मीवॉल्लक्ष्मणाग्रजः। नगरीं त्रिदिवप्रख्या विस्मयं प्राप वीर्यवान्॥