The family maid (Manthara) of Kaikeyi who had been living with her since her (Kaikeyi's) birth casually ascended the palace gleaming white like the Moon. [2-7-1]
The city of Ayodhya was decorated with costly banners and pennants. The labyrinthine roads were crowded with people who had (finished) their headbath and were wandering at will. [2-7-3]
The temples with their doors painted white and by the best of brahmins holding garlands and sweetmeats in their hands and with sounds of all kinds of musical instruments..... - [2-7-4]
- were reverberating with the chanting from the Vedas. The city was filled with spirited horses and elephants. The bulls were bellowing and the cows were lowing. [2-7-5]