Chapter 16 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 16.7

वराहरुधिराभेण शुचिना च सुगन्धिना। अनुलिप्तं परायेन चन्दनेन परंतपम्॥ स्थितया पार्श्वतश्चापि वालव्यजनहस्तया। उपेतं सीतया भूयश्चित्रया शशिनं यथा॥

varāharudhirābheṇa śucinā ca sugandhinā| anuliptaṃ parāyena candanena paraṃtapam|| sthitayā pārśvataścāpi vālavyajanahastayā| upetaṃ sītayā bhūyaścitrayā śaśinaṃ yathā||

English Meaning

Having his body sprinkled with holy and fragrant sandal of the best kind, red as the blood of a hog; and having by him Sītā with a chowry in her hand, like moon himself in the company of citra.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)