(The palace) was white as the Kailāsa hill and built on thousand pillars. All its stairs were made of coral and its pavements made of burning gold. Its beauty was as if burning all along and stealing the vision of the lookers-on. It was spotless and on account of its height touched the welkin.
अशोकवनिकायां तु तस्यां वानरपुङ्गवः॥ स ददर्शाविदूरस्थं चैत्यप्रासादमूर्जितम्। मध्ये स्तम्भसहस्रेण स्थितं कैलासपाण्डुरम्॥ प्रवालकृतसोपानं तप्तकाञ्चनवेदिकम्। मुष्णन्तमिव चयूंषि द्योतमानमिव श्रिया॥ निर्मलं प्रांशुभावत्वादुल्लिखन्तमिवाम्बरम्।