मार्कण्डेय उवाच
प्रभूतान्नोदके तस्मिन् बहुमूलफले वने ॥
सेनां निवेश्य काकुत्स्थो विधिवत् पर्यरक्षत ॥
रावणश् च विधिं चक्रे लङ्कायां शास्त्रनिर्मितम् ॥
प्रकृत्यैव दुराधर्षा दृढप्राकारतोरणा ॥
अगाधतोयाः परिखा मीननक्रसमाकुलाः ॥
बभूवुः सप्त दुर्धर्षाः खादिरैः शङ्कुभिश् चिताः ॥
कर्णाट्टयन्त्रदुर्धर्षा बभूवुः सहुडोपलाः ॥
साशीविषघटायोधाः ससर्जरसपांसवः ॥
मुसलालातनाराचतोमरासिपरश्वधैः ॥
अन्विताश् च शतघ्नीभिः समधूच्छिष्टमुद्गराः ॥
पुरद्वारेषु सर्वेषु गुल्माः स्थावरजङ्गमाः ॥
बभूवुः पत्तिबहुलाः प्रभूतगजवाजिनः ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
prabhūtānnodake tasmin bahumūlaphale vane ||
senāṃ niveśya kākutstho vidhivat paryarakṣata ||
rāvaṇaś ca vidhiṃ cakre laṅkāyāṃ śāstranirmitam ||
prakṛtyaiva durādharṣā dṛḍhaprākāratoraṇā ||
agādhatoyāḥ parikhā mīnanakrasamākulāḥ ||
babhūvuḥ sapta durdharṣāḥ khādiraiḥ śaṅkubhiś citāḥ ||
karṇāṭṭayantradurdharṣā babhūvuḥ sahuḍopalāḥ ||
sāśīviṣaghaṭāyodhāḥ sasarjarasapāṃsavaḥ ||
musalālātanārācatomarāsiparaśvadhaiḥ ||
anvitāś ca śataghnībhiḥ samadhūcchiṣṭamudgarāḥ ||
puradvāreṣu sarveṣu gulmāḥ sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ ||
babhūvuḥ pattibahulāḥ prabhūtagajavājinaḥ ||
Rama stationed his army in the forest, where there was abundant food, water, roots, and fruit, and guarded it properly. Ravana set up Lanka's defenses according to the rules: the city was already hard to assault, with sturdy walls and gates. Around it were seven deep moats filled with fish, crocodiles, and khadira-wood stakes; at the gates stood engines, stones, vessels filled with snakes, resinous dust, clubs, arrows, tomaras, swords, axes, shataghnis, and hammers, along with a multitude of foot-soldiers, elephants, and horses.
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Lanka has been prepared as a fortress, but outward defense does not cure the inner cause of the war. As long as Sita is held by force, every fortification only delays the reckoning.