Hearing Viśvakarmā's speech, those foremost of Rākṣasas, accompanied by thousands of followers, went to the palace and set-up in the same, having a strong wall and a moat, abounding in hundreds of golden edifices. And obtaining Lanka, the night-rangers, exceedingly delighted, began to dwell therein.
विश्वकर्मवचः श्रुत्वा ततस्ते राक्षसोत्तमाः। सहस्रानुचरा भूत्वा गत्वा तामवसन्पुरीम्॥ दृढप्राकारपरिखां हैमैहशतैर्वृताम्। लङ्कामवाप्य ते हृष्टा न्यवसन्रजनींचराः॥