Verse 21

¹²Seeking what would please his beloved, Kardama took his stand in yoga and at that very moment brought forth a flying palace that went wherever one wished, Ksatta. ¹³It yielded every desire, it shone like a thing of heaven, it was set with jewels of every kind, it grew richer with all increase, and it was finished with pillars of gem. ¹⁴It was furnished with heavenly gear, it brought comfort in every season, and it was decked with ribbons and with banners of many colours. ¹⁵It was bright with wreaths and with garlands of many colours, over which the six-footed ones sang sweetly, and with cloths of fine linen, of flax and of silk.

¹⁶In its chambers, set one above another and each apart, it was lovely with cushions thrown down, with couches, with fans and with seats. ¹⁷Here and there it was made beautiful with all manner of craft-work set into it, and it had a floor of great emerald and benches of coral. ¹⁸At its doorways it shone with a threshold of coral and doors like diamond, and on its towers of sapphire golden pitchers were raised. ¹⁹It was set about with awnings of many colours and with costly arches of gold, made upon its diamond walls with the finest rubies, the kind that seem to have eyes. ²⁰Flocks of swans and doves called here and there in it, taking the made ones for their own and climbing up to them again and again.

²¹With its pleasure grounds and resting places, its bedchambers, its courts and its yards, all made just as one would like them, it was a wonder even to its maker himself.