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)