शैल इन्द्रम् इव गन्ध आढ्यम् द्वितीयम् गन्ध मादनम् | अशोक वनिकायाम् तु तस्याम् वानर पुम्गवः || ५-१५-१५ स ददर्श अविदूरस्थम् चैत्य प्रासादम् ऊर्जितम् | मध्ये स्तम्भ सहस्रेण स्थितम् कैलास पाण्डुरम् || ५-१५-१६ प्रवाल कृत सोपानम् तप्त कान्चन वेदिकम् | मुष्णन्तम् इव चक्षूम्षि द्योतमानम् इव श्रिया || ५-१५-१७ विमलम् प्रांशु भावत्वाद् उल्लिखन्तम् इव अम्बरम् |
hriyamaaNaa tadaa tena rakShasaa kaama ruupiNaa || 5-15-27yathaa ruupaa hi dR^iShTaa vai tathaa ruupaa iyam anganaa |
Translation
That monkey warrior Hanuma saw not far away in that Ashoka garden, in the middle, a lofty temple filled with fragrance like a second Gandhamadana Mountain, standing by a thousand pillars, white like Mount Kailaasa with stairs made of corals with platforms made of refined gold as though radiant with glory, clear and because of being tall as though scraping the sky.
Word by word
-18a. saH vaanara pumgavaH
that monkey warrior Hanuma
dadarsha
saw
aviduurastham
not far away
tasyaam ashoka vanikaayaam
in that Ashoka garden
madhye
in the middle
uurjitam caitya praasaadam
a lofty temple
gandha aaDhyam
filled with fragrance
dvitiiyam gandha maadanam iva
like a second Gandhamaadana Mountain
stitam
standing
stambha sahasreNa
by a thousand pillars
kailaasa paaNDuram
white like Mount Kailaasa
pravaala kR^ita sopaanam
with stairs made of corals
tapta kaancana \tvedikam
with platforms made of refined gold
dyotamaanam iva
as though radiant
shriyaa
with glory
vimalam
clear
praamshu bhaavatvaad
because of being tall
ullikhantam \tiva
as thought scraping
ambaram
the sky
Chapter context
Hanuma Sees Seetha
37 verses · Verse 15 of 37
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