Chapter 55 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 55.24

वदनं पद्मसंकाशं विमलं चारुदर्शनम्॥ शोकार्तं तु वरारोहे न भ्राजति वरानने।

vadanaṃ padmasaṃkāśaṃ vimalaṃ cārudarśanam|| śokārtaṃ tu varārohe na bhrājati varānane|

English Meaning

Your face stainless and lovely to look at, resembling the lotus, dose not, O you of a comely countenance, O magnificent damsel, appear beautiful in consequence of your being exercised with grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)