Doha 178b
तिन्हहि देइ बर ब्रह्म सिधाए। हरषित ते अपने गृह आए॥ मय तनुजा मंदोदरि नामा। परम सुंदरी नारि ललामा॥१॥
सोइ मयँ दीन्हि रावनहि आनी। होइहि जातुधानपति जानी॥ हरषित भयउ नारि भलि पाई। पुनि दोउ बंधु बिआहेसि जाई॥२॥
गिरि त्रिकूट एक सिंधु मझारी। बिधि निर्मित दुर्गम अति भारी॥ सोइ मय दानवँ बहुरि सँवारा। कनक रचित मनिभवन अपारा॥३॥
भोगावति जसि अहिकुल बासा। अमरावति जसि सक्रनिवासा॥ तिन्ह तें अधिक रम्य अति बंका। जग बिख्यात नाम तेहि लंका॥४॥
Meaning
Having granted them boons Brahmā went away, while they returned to their home rejoicing. The demon Maya (मय) had a daughter, Mandodarī by name, who was exceedingly beautiful, a jewel of womankind. (1) Maya brought and made her over to Rāvaṇa, knowing that the latter was going to become the lord of the demons. Delighted at having obtained such a good wife, Rāvaṇa next went and got married his two brothers. (2) On a three-peaked mountain called Trikūṭa in the middle of the ocean there stood a very large fortress built by Brahmā himself. The demon Maya (who was a great architect) renovated it. It contained innumerable palaces of gold and jewels, (3) and was more beautiful and charming than Bhogāvatī (the capital of Pātāla, the nethermost region in the core of the globe), the city of the serpents, and Amarāvatī, the capital of Indra (the lord of paradise). It was known throughout the world by the name of Laṅkā. (4)
खाईं सिंधु गभीर अति चारिहुँ दिसि फिरि आव। कनक कोट मनिखचित दृढ़ बरनि न जाइ बनाव॥१७८ (क)॥
हरि प्रेरित जेहिं कलप जोइ जातुधानपति होइ। सूर प्रतापी अतुलबल दल समेत बस सोइ॥१७८ (ख)॥
Meaning
The ocean surrounded it on all sides as a very deep moat. It had a strong fortification wall built of gold and jewels, the architectural beauty of which defied description. (178-A) Whoever was preordained by Śrī Hari to be the chief of the demons in a particular cycle, that illustrious hero of incomparable might lived there with his army. (178-B)
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