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).
इत्युक्त्वा परुषं वाक्यं रावणो राक्षसाधिपः॥ आरुरोह ततः श्रीमान्प्रासादं हिमपाण्डुरम्। बहुतालसमुत्सेधं रावणोऽथ दिदृक्षया॥