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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.9.56

ప్రాకారైర్గోపురాగారై: శాతకుమ్భపరిచ్ఛదై: సర్వతోఽలడ़్क़ృతం శ్రీమద్విమానశిఖరద్యుభి: ॥ ౫౬ ॥
prākārair gopurāgāraiḥ
[praakaarair gopuraagaaraih]
śātakumbha-paricchadaiḥ
[shaatakumbha-parichchadaih]
sarvato ’laṅkṛtaṁ śrīmad-
[sarvato ’lankritam shreemad-]
vimāna-śikhara-dyubhiḥ
[vimaana-shikhara-dyubhih]
prākāraiḥ — with surrounding walls gopura — city gates āgāraiḥ — with houses śātakumbha — golden paricchadaiḥ — with ornamental work sarvataḥ — on all sides alaṅkṛtam — decorated śrīmat — valuable, beautiful vimāna — airplanes śikhara — domes dyubhiḥ — glittering.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
prākārair gopurāgāraiḥ
prākāraiḥ
with surrounding walls
gopura
city gates
āgāraiḥ
with houses
śātakumbha-paricchadaiḥ
śātakumbha
golden
paricchadaiḥ
with ornamental work
sarvato ’laṅkṛtaṁ śrīmad-
sarvataḥ
on all sides
alaṅkṛtam
decorated
śrīmat
valuable, beautiful
vimāna-śikhara-dyubhiḥ
vimāna
airplanes
śikhara
domes
dyubhiḥ
glittering.
In the capital city there were many palaces, city gates and surrounding walls, which were already very, very beautiful, and on this occasion all of them were decorated with golden ornaments. The domes of the city palaces glittered, as did the domes of the beautiful airplanes which hovered over the city.

Regarding the mention of airplanes here, it is suggested by Śrīmad Vijayadhvaja Tīrtha that on this occasion the demigods from higher planetary systems also came in their airplanes to bestow their blessings on Dhruva Mahārāja on his arrival at the capital of his father. It also appears that all the domes of the city palaces as well as the pinnacles of the airplanes were decorated with ornamental work in gold, and, being reflected by the sunshine, they were all glittering. We can observe a specific distinction between Dhruva Mahārāja’s time and modern days, for the airplanes in those days were made of gold, whereas at the present moment airplanes are made of base aluminum. This just gives a hint of the opulence of Dhruva Mahārāja’s days and the poverty of modern times.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Everywhere the city was ornamented with walls, gates and houses covered in gold, shining with beautiful domes and spires. Gopura means the city gates. Āgara means house. They shone because of the domes and spires (vimāna-śikhara).
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