Chapter 42 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 42.22

प्रच्छादनार्थं भावस्य न भक्षयति संस्पृशन्। तस्मिन्नेव ततः काले वैदेही शुभलोचना॥ कुसुमापचये व्यग्रा पादपानत्यवर्तत। कर्णिकारानशोकांश्च चूतांश्च मदिरेक्षणा॥

pracchādanārthaṃ bhāvasya na bhakṣayati saṃspṛśan| tasminneva tataḥ kāle vaidehī śubhalocanā|| kusumāpacaye vyagrā pādapānatyavartata| karṇikārānaśokāṃśca cūtāṃśca madirekṣaṇā||

English Meaning

In the meantime Vaidehī, of auspicious looks whose eyes inebriate like wine, being engaged in plucking flowers, was going sometimes to the Karņikā grove and sometimes to the mango grove.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)