Chapter 17 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 17.5

सुकुमारं महासत्त्वं पार्थिवव्यञ्जनान्वितम्। राममिन्दीवरश्यामं कंदर्पसदृशप्रभम्॥ वभूवेन्द्रोपमं दृष्ट्वा राक्षसी काममोहिता।

sukumāraṃ mahāsattvaṃ pārthivavyañjanānvitam| rāmamindīvaraśyāmaṃ kaṃdarpasadṛśaprabham|| vabhūvendropamaṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasī kāmamohitā|

English Meaning

And beholding Rāma dark-blue like the lotus, and becoming like Kandarpa himself, and resembling Indra, the Rākşasi was maddened with desire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)