Chapter 46 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 46

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 46.3

श्लक्ष्णकाषायसंवीतः शिखी छत्री उपानही। वामे चांसेऽवसज्याथ शुभे यष्टिकमण्डलू॥ परिव्राजकरूपेण वैदेहीमन्ववर्तत। तामाससादातिबलो भ्रातृभ्यां रहितां वने॥

ślakṣṇakāṣāyasaṃvītaḥ śikhī chatrī upānahī| vāme cāṃse'vasajyātha śubhe yaṣṭikamaṇḍalū|| parivrājakarūpeṇa vaidehīmanvavartata| tāmāsasādātibalo bhrātṛbhyāṃ rahitāṃ vane||

English Meaning

Wearing a soft silken cloth, with a lock of hair on his head with an umbrella and shoes and having on his left shoulder a rod and kamandalu the highly powerful one assuming the appearance of a wandering devotee carrying three long bamboo staves appeared before Vaidehi in the forest when there was none of the brothers by her.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)