And then he saw the mansion of the lord of Rākşas himself, surpassing the best structures; like to a mass of towering clouds; captivating boasting of a beauteous golden appearance; worthy of his own power, and of incomparable loveliness; appearing as if the celestial regions had dropped down on the earth; blazing in beauty; teeming with countless gems; like to the brow of a mountain strewn with the blossoms and the dust thereof of various trees; and illumined by the foremost females, appearing like a mass of clouds containing lightning, or the witching welkin furnished with grace, afloat with excellent swans.
ततो ददर्शोच्छ्रितमेघरूपं मनोहरं काञ्चनचारुरूपम्। रक्षोऽधिपस्यात्मबलानुरूपं गृहोत्तमं ह्यप्रतिरूपरूपम्॥ महीतले स्वर्गमिव प्रकीर्ण श्रिया ज्वलन्तं बहुरत्नकीर्णम्। नानातरूणां कुसुमावकीर्णं गिरेरिवाग्रं रजसावकीर्णम्॥ नारीप्रवेकैरिव दीप्यमानं तडिद्भिरम्भोधरमच॑मानम्। हंसप्रवेकैरिव वाह्यमानं श्रिया युतं खे सुकृतं विमानम्॥