Chapter 26 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 26.17

अभिषेको यदा सज्जः किमिदानीमिदं तव। अपूर्वो मुखवर्णश्च न प्रहर्षश्च लक्ष्यते॥

abhiṣeko yadā sajjaḥ kimidānīmidaṃ tava| apūrvo mukhavarṇaśca na praharṣaśca lakṣyate||

English Meaning

Why do I perceive your face so pale as never seen before, and why therein is no mark of gladness, when every thing for your installation has been made ready?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)