Chapter 52 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 52.18

सा हेमवर्णां नीलाङ्ग मैथिली राक्षसाधिपम्। शुशुभे काञ्चनी काञ्ची नीलं गजमिवाश्रिता ॥

sā hemavarṇāṃ nīlāṅga maithilī rākṣasādhipam| śuśubhe kāñcanī kāñcī nīlaṃ gajamivāśritā ||

English Meaning

And furnished with the hue of gold, Mithila's daughter beside the dark-bodied lord of the Rākşasas, looked like a golden girth round a sable elephant.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)