ददर्श तां स्फाटिकतुङ्गगोपुर- द्वारां बृहद्धेमकपाटतोरणाम् । ताम्रारकोष्ठां परिखादुरासदा- मुद्यानरम्योपवनोपशोभिताम् ॥ २० ॥ सौवर्णशृङ्गाटकहर्म्यनिष्कुटै: श्रेणीसभाभिर्भवनैरुपस्कृताम् । वैदूर्यवज्रामलनीलविद्रुमै- र्मुक्ताहरिद्भिर्वलभीषु वेदिषु ॥ २१ ॥ जुष्टेषु जालामुखरन्ध्रकुट्टिमे- ष्वाविष्टपारावतबर्हिनादिताम् । संसिक्तरथ्यापणमार्गचत्वरां प्रकीर्णमाल्याङ्कुरलाजतण्डुलाम् ॥ २२ ॥ आपूर्णकुम्भैर्दधिचन्दनोक्षितै: प्रसूनदीपावलिभि: सपल्लवै: । सवृन्दरम्भाक्रमुकै: सकेतुभि: स्वलङ्कृतद्वारगृहां सपट्टिकै: ॥ २३ ॥
dadarśa tāṁ sphāṭika-tuṇga-gopura- dvārāṁ bṛhad-dhema-kapāṭa-toraṇām tāmrāra-koṣṭhāṁ parikhā-durāsadām udyāna-ramyopavanopaśobhitām sauvarṇa-śṛṅgāṭaka-harmya-niṣkuṭaiḥ śreṇī-sabhābhir bhavanair upaskṛtām vaidūrya-vajrāmala-nīla-vidrumair muktā-haridbhir valabhīṣu vediṣu juṣṭeṣu jālāmukha-randhra-kuṭṭimeṣv āviṣṭa-pārāvata-barhi-nāditām saṁsikta-rathyāpaṇa-mārga-catvarāṁ prakīrṇa-mālyāṅkura-lāja-taṇḍulām āpūrṇa-kumbhair dadhi-candanokṣitaiḥ prasūna-dīpāvalibhiḥ sa-pallavaiḥ sa-vṛnda-rambhā-kramukaiḥ sa-ketubhiḥ sv-alaṅkṛta-dvāra-gṛhāṁ sa-paṭṭikaiḥ
- dadarśa
- He saw
- tam
- that (city)
- sphāṭika
- of crystal
- tuṅga
- high
- gopura
- whose main gates
- dvārām
- and household gates
- bṛhat
- immense
- hema
- gold
- kapāṭa
- whose doors
- toraṇām
- and ornamental arches
- tāmra
- of copper
- āra
- and brass
- koṣṭhām
- whose storehouses
- parikhā
- with its canals
- durāsadām
- inviolable
- udyāna
- with public gardens
- ramya
- attractive
- upavana
- and parks
- upaśobhitam
- beautified
- sauvarṇa
- gold
- śṛṅgāṭaka
- with crossways
- harmya
- mansions
- niṣkuṭaiḥ
- and pleasure gardens
- śreṇī
- of guilds
- sabhābhiḥ
- with the assembly halls
- bhavanaiḥ
- and with houses
- upaskṛtām
- ornamented
- vaidūrya
- with vaidūrya gems
- vajra
- diamonds
- amala
- crystal quartz
- nīla
- sapphires
- vidrumaiḥ
- and coral
- muktā
- with pearls
- haridbhiḥ
- and emeralds
- valabhīṣu
- on the wood panels decorating the rafters in front of the houses
- vediṣu
- on columned balconies
- juṣṭeṣu
- bedecked
- jāla-āmukha
- of lattice windows
- randhra
- in the openings
- kuṭṭimeṣu
- and on gem-studded floors
- āviṣṭa
- sitting
- pārāvata
- with the pet doves
- barhi
- and the peacocks
- nāditām
- resounding
- saṁsikta
- sprinkled with water
- rathyā
- with royal avenues
- āpaṇa
- commercial streets
- mārga
- other roads
- catvarām
- and courtyards
- prakīrṇa
- scattered
- mālya
- with flower garlands
- aṅkura
- new sprouts
- lāja
- parched grains
- taṇḍulām
- and rice
- āpūrṇa
- full
- kumbhaiḥ
- with pots
- dadhi
- with yogurt
- candana
- and sandalwood paste
- ukṣitaiḥ
- smeared
- prasūna
- with flower petals
- dīpa-āvalibhiḥ
- and rows of lamps
- sa-pallavaiḥ
- with leaves
- sa-vṛnda
- with bunches of flowers
- rambhā
- with trunks of banana trees
- kramukaiḥ
- and trunks of betel-nut trees
- sa-ketubhiḥ
- with flags
- su-alaṅkṛta
- nicely decorated
- dvāra
- with doors
- gṛhām
- whose houses
- sa-paṭṭikaiḥ
- with ribbons
The Lord saw Mathurā, with its tall gates and household entrances made of crystal, its immense archways and main doors of gold, its granaries and other storehouses of copper and brass, and its impregnable moats. Beautifying the city were pleasant gardens and parks. The main intersections were fashioned of gold, and there were mansions with private pleasure gardens, along with guildhalls and many other buildings. Mathurā resounded with the calls of peacocks and pet turtledoves, who sat in the small openings of the lattice windows and on the gem-studded floors, and also on the columned balconies and on the ornate rafters in front of the houses. These balconies and rafters were adorned with vaidūrya stones, diamonds, crystal quartz, sapphires, coral, pearls and emeralds. All the royal avenues and commercial streets were sprinkled with water, as were the side roads and courtyards, and flower garlands, newly grown sprouts, parched grains and rice had been scattered about everywhere. Gracing the houses’ doorways were elaborately decorated pots filled with water, which were bedecked with mango leaves, smeared with yogurt and sandalwood paste, and encircled by flower petals and ribbons. Near the pots were flags, rows of lamps, bunches of flowers and the trunks of banana and betel-nut trees.