Chapter 118 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 118.17

इदं दिव्यं वरं माल्यं वस्त्रमाभरणानि च। अङ्गरागं च वैदेहि महार्हमनुलेपनम् ॥ मया दत्तमिदं सीते तव गात्राणि शोभयेत्। अनुरूपमसंक्लिष्टं नित्यमेव भविष्यति॥

idaṃ divyaṃ varaṃ mālyaṃ vastramābharaṇāni ca| aṅgarāgaṃ ca vaidehi mahārhamanulepanam || mayā dattamidaṃ sīte tava gātrāṇi śobhayet| anurūpamasaṃkliṣṭaṃ nityameva bhaviṣyati||

English Meaning

This noble and grand garland, this apparel, these ornaments, and this precious paste for adorning the person, presented by me, let these, O Sītā, grace your person. These, worthy of you will never be tarnished.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)