Chapter 10 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 10.5

ततश्चित्राणि माल्यानि दिव्यान्याभरणानि च ॥ अपविद्धानि कैकेय्या तानि भूमिं प्रपेदिरे। तया तान्यपविद्धानि माल्यान्याभरणानि च॥ अशोभयन्त वसुधां नक्षत्राणि यथा नभः।

tataścitrāṇi mālyāni divyānyābharaṇāni ca || apaviddhāni kaikeyyā tāni bhūmiṃ prapedire| tayā tānyapaviddhāni mālyānyābharaṇāni ca|| aśobhayanta vasudhāṃ nakṣatrāṇi yathā nabhaḥ|

English Meaning

The ground was strewn with many beautiful garlands and excellent ornaments which Kaikeyi had cast away. And they adorned the earth as the stars adorn the welkin.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)