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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.46.12

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Rāvaṇa boasts of his power. He recounts defeating Kubera and seizing Puṣpaka, offers Laṅkā’s pleasures and is rebuked by Sītā for disgracing his lineage

In the sequence: he describes Laṅkā's walls, golden courts, gardens, traffic, and abundance, promising Sītā pleasures that will make her forget Rāma

3.46.12

hastyaśvarathasaṃbhādhā tūryanādavināditā
sarvakāmaphalair vṛkṣaiḥ saṃkulodyānaśobhitā

thronged with elephants, horses and chariots, resounding with the blare of instruments, and graced with gardens crowded with trees that bear every desirable fruit.

Words: hastyaśvarathasaṃbhādhā — thronged with elephants, horses and chariots; tūryanādavināditā — resounding with the blare of instruments; sarvakāmaphalair — with all desired fruits; vṛkṣaiḥ — with trees; saṃkulodyānaśobhitā — adorned with crowded gardens

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.