Mantharā beheld from the palace the highways of Ayodhyā well watered all round, and strewn with lotuses, and adorned with standards bearing gay pennons.
सिक्तराजपथां कृत्स्नां प्रकीर्णकमलोत्पलाम्। अयोध्यां मन्थरा तस्मात् प्रासादादन्ववैक्षत॥