काशी धन्यतमा विमुक्तनगरी सालंकृता गङ्गयातत्रेयं मणिकर्णिका सुखकरी मुक्तिर्हि तत्किंकरी ।स्वर्लोकस्तुलितः सहैव विबुधैः काश्या समं ब्रह्मणाकाशी क्षोणितले स्थिता गुरुतरा स्वर्गो लघुत्वं गतः ॥
In plain words
Kāśī is the most blessed of cities, a city of liberation adorned by Gaṅgā. Within it shines Maṇikarṇikā, giver of bliss, with liberation itself as her attendant. When Brahmā placed heaven and its gods in the balance against Kāśī, earthly Kāśī proved weightier, and heaven was the lighter scale.
Close to the Sanskrit
Kāśī is supremely blessed, the city of liberation, adorned by Gaṅgā. There is this Maṇikarṇikā, giver of happiness; liberation itself is indeed her attendant. Brahmā weighed the heavenly world, together with the gods, against Kāśī: Kāśī, standing upon the earth, proved the heavier, and heaven became light.