Text 19]
Devahūti's Lamentation
919
dvāḥsu vidruma-dehalyā
bhātam vajra-kapāṭavat
śikhareṣu indranīleṣu
hema-kumbhair adhiśritam
dvāḥsu —in the entrances;  vidruma —of coral;  dehalyā —with a threshold;  bhātam —beautiful;  vajra —bedecked with diamonds;  kapāṭa-vat —having doors;  śikhareṣu —on the domes;  indra-nīleṣu —of sapphires;  hema-kumbhair —with gold pinnacles;  adhiśritam —crowned.
TRANSLATION
The palace was very beautiful with its coral thresholds at the entrances and its doors bedecked with diamonds. Gold pinnacles crowned its domes of sapphire.
TEXT 19
चक्षुष्मत्पद्मरागाग्र्यैर्वैज्ञभित्तिषु निर्मितैः । जुष्टं विचित्रवैतानैर्महाहैर्हेमतोरणैः ॥१९॥
cakṣuṣmat padmarāgāgryair
vajra-bhittiṣu nirmitaiḥ
juṣṭam vicitra-vaitānair
mahārhair hema-toraṇaiḥ
cakṣuḥ-mat —as if possessed of eyes;  padma-rāga —with rubies;  agryaiḥ —choicest;  vajra —of diamond;  bhittiṣu —on the walls;  nirmitaiḥ —set;  juṣṭam —furnished;  vicitra —various;  vaitānaiḥ —with canopies;  mahā-arhaiḥ —greatly valuable;  hema-toraṇaiḥ —with gates of gold.
TRANSLATION
With the choicest rubies set in its diamond walls, it appeared as though possessed of eyes. It was furnished with wonderful canopies and greatly valuable gates of gold.
PURPORT
Artistic jewelry and decorations giving the appearance of eyes are not imaginary. Even in recent times the Mogul emperors constructed their palaces with decorations of jeweled birds with eyes made of valuable