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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.19
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 19
- cakṣuṣmat padmarāgāgryair
- vajra-bhittiṣu nirmitaiḥ
- juṣṭaṁ vicitra-vaitānair
- mahārhair hema-toraṇaiḥ
cakṣuḥas if possessed of eyes-matas if possessed of eyes — as if possessed of eyes; padmawith rubies-rāgawith rubies — with rubies; agryaiḥchoicest — choicest; vajraof diamond — of diamond; bhittiṣuon the walls — on the walls; nirmitaiḥset — set; juṣṭamfurnished — furnished; vicitravarious — various; vaitānaiḥwith canopies — with canopies; mahāgreatly valuable-arhaiḥgreatly valuable — greatly valuable; hemawith gates of gold-toraṇaiḥwith gates of gold — with gates of gold.
With the choicest rubies set in its diamond walls, it appeared as though possessed of eyes. It was furnished with wonderful canopies and greatly valuable gates of gold.
Artistic jewelry and decorations giving the appearance of eyes are not imaginary. Even in recent times the Mogul emperors constructed their palaces with decorations of jeweled birds with eyes made of valuable stones. The stones have been taken away by the authorities, but the decorations are still present in some of the castles constructed by the Mogul emperors in New Delhi. The royal palaces were built with jewels and rare stones resembling eyes, and thus at night they would give off reflective light without need of lamps.