On terrace, dome, and battlement:

Then with a light and rapid tread

Prahasta's[807] home he visited,

And Kumbhakarṇa's[808] courtyard where

A cloudy pile rose high in air;

And, wandering o'er the hill, explored

The garden of each Rákshas lord.

Each court and grove he wandered through,

Then nigh to Rávaṇ's palace drew.

She-demons watched it foul of face,