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)