Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda — Chapter 28

VR 5 28.1

तथागतां तां व्यथितामनिन्दितां व्यतीतहर्षां परिदीनमानसाम्। शुभां निमित्तानि शुभानि भेजिरे नरं श्रिया जुष्टमिवोपसेविनः॥

tathāgatāṃ tāṃ vyathitāmaninditāṃ vyatītaharṣāṃ paridīnamānasām| śubhāṃ nimittāni śubhāni bhejire naraṃ śriyā juṣṭamivopasevinaḥ||

Like to servants waiting upon a wealthy person various auspicious omens waited upon Sītā of a blameless and comely person, racked with grief and divested of joy.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 5 28.2

राज्यावृतं कृष्णविशालशुक्लम्। प्रास्पन्दतैकं नयनं सुकेश्या मीनाहतं पद्ममिवाभिताम्रम्॥

rājyāvṛtaṃ kṛṣṇaviśālaśuklam| prāspandataikaṃ nayanaṃ sukeśyā mīnāhataṃ padmamivābhitāmram||

And the large left eye of that dame having graceful hairs, having dark pupils, white ends and thick eye-lashes, began to dance like a lotus shaken by a fish.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 5 28.3

भुजश्च चार्वञ्चितवृत्तपीनः परायंकालागुरुचन्दनाहः। अनुत्तमेनाध्युषितः प्रियेण चिरेण वामः समवेपताशु॥

bhujaśca cārvañcitavṛttapīnaḥ parāyaṃkālāgurucandanāhaḥ| anuttamenādhyuṣitaḥ priyeṇa cireṇa vāmaḥ samavepatāśu||

And her beautiful, round, plump left hand, which, ere this, sprinkled with costly aguru and sandal, used to serve for a pillow to Rāma, began to dance now again and again after a long time.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 5 28.4

स्तयोर्द्वयोः संहतयोस्तु जातः। प्रस्पन्दमानः पुनरूरुरस्या रामं पुरस्तात् स्थितमाचचक्षे॥

stayordvayoḥ saṃhatayostu jātaḥ| praspandamānaḥ punarūrurasyā rāmaṃ purastāt sthitamācacakṣe||

And her well built plump left thigh, resembling the trunk of an elephant, dancing, announced that she would soon behold Rāma.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 5 28.5

मीषद्रजोध्वस्तमिवातुलाक्ष्याः। वासः स्थितायाः शिखराग्रदन्त्याःकिंचित् परिस्त्रंसतचारुगात्र्याः॥

mīṣadrajodhvastamivātulākṣyāḥ| vāsaḥ sthitāyāḥ śikharāgradantyāḥkiṃcit paristraṃsatacārugātryāḥ||

And the gold-hued cloth, now covered with dust, of that damsel of a comely person, having teeth like pomegranate seeds, slipped a little off its place.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 5 28.6

एतैर्निमित्तैरपरैश्च सुभ्रूः संचोदिता प्रागपि साधुसिद्धैः। वातातपक्लान्तमिव प्रणष्टं वर्षेण बीजं प्रतिसंजहर्ष॥

etairnimittairaparaiśca subhrūḥ saṃcoditā prāgapi sādhusiddhaiḥ| vātātapaklāntamiva praṇaṣṭaṃ varṣeṇa bījaṃ pratisaṃjaharṣa||

And being enlivened by those and various other auspicious omens, she attained joy like to a seed, spoiled by the wind and the sun, growing afresh in the rainy season.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 5 28.7

तस्याः पुनर्बिम्बफलोपमोष्ठं स्वक्षिभुकेशान्तमरालपक्ष्म। वक्त्रं बभासे सितशुक्लदंष्ट्र राहोर्मुखाच्चन्द्र इव प्रमुक्तः॥

tasyāḥ punarbimbaphalopamoṣṭhaṃ svakṣibhukeśāntamarālapakṣma| vaktraṃ babhāse sitaśukladaṃṣṭra rāhormukhāccandra iva pramuktaḥ||

And her countenance, having lips red as Bimba fruits, beautiful eyes, eye-brows extending to ears, curling eye-lashes and white teeth, again appeared graceful like to the Moon released from the full grasp of Rahu. (Like the Moon when full eclipse is just over-In mythology Rāhu is the son of Sinika, a Daitya, with the tail of a dragon whose head was severed from-his body by Vişnu, but being immortal this head and tail retained their separate existence and being transferred to the stellar sphere, became the authors of eclipses.)

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 5 28.8

सा वीतशोका व्यपनीततन्द्रा शान्तज्वरा हर्षविबुद्धसत्त्वा। अशोभतार्या वदनेन शुक्ले शीतांशुना रात्रिरिवोदितेन ॥

sā vītaśokā vyapanītatandrā śāntajvarā harṣavibuddhasattvā| aśobhatāryā vadanena śukle śītāṃśunā rātririvoditena ||

Her grief and exhaustion were removed. sorrow was pacified and her heart was filled with joy. And she with her countenance appeared beautiful like a lunar night beautified by the rays of the Moon.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)