AK-6-11-13Ayodhya Kanda 6.11–13 (त्रिकम्)
सिताभ्रशिखराभेषु देवतायतनेषु च। चतुष्पथेषु रथ्यासु चैत्येष्वट्टालकेषु च।।2.6.11।। नानापण्यसमृद्धेषु वणिजामापणेषु च। कुटुम्बिनां समृद्धेषु श्रीमत्सु भवनेषु च।।2.6.12।। सभासु चैव सर्वासु वृक्षेष्वालक्षितेषु च। ध्वजा स्समुच्छ्रिताश्चित्राः पताकाश्चाभवंस्तदा।।2.6.13।।
sitābhraśikharābheṣu devatāyataneṣu ca| catuṣpatheṣu rathyāsu caityeṣvaṭṭālakeṣu ca||2.6.11|| nānāpaṇyasamṛddheṣu vaṇijāmāpaṇeṣu ca| kuṭumbināṃ samṛddheṣu śrīmatsu bhavaneṣu ca||2.6.12|| sabhāsu caiva sarvāsu vṛkṣeṣvālakṣiteṣu ca| dhvajā ssamucchritāścitrāḥ patākāścābhavṃstadā||2.6.13||
Translation
सिताभ्रशिखराभेषु among those bright peaks wreathed by a mass of white clouds, देवतायतनेषु in the temples, चतुष्पथेषु at the crossroads, रथ्यासु on the thoroughfares, चैत्येषु on the tall trees dotting the avenues, अट्टालकेषु च on the towers too, नानापण्यसमृद्धेषु abounding in various kinds of merchandise, वणिजाम् of merchants, आपणेषु च in the stalls also, कुटुम्बिनाम् of householders, समृद्धेषु in prosperous (places), श्रीमत्सु in graceful, भवनेषु च in the houses, सर्वासु in all, सभासु public halls, आलक्षितेषु seen from distances, वृक्षेषु on the trees, तदा then, ध्वजाः banners, चित्राः varying colours, पताकाः च flags, too, समुच्छ्रिचिताः were erected अभवन् became.
Meaning
Banners of varying colours and flags were raised on the temples looking resplendent like peaks wreathed by a mass of white clouds, at the crossroads, on the thoroughfares, on the trees standing on avenues, on the towers and stalls of the merchants abounding in various kinds of merchandise, on prosperous and graceful houses of householders, in all public halls and on trees looking tall from a distance.