Chapter 30 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 30.22

तत्सितामलचन्द्राभं मुखमायतलोचनम्। पर्यशुष्यत बाष्पेण जलोद्धृतमिवाम्बुजम्॥

tatsitāmalacandrābhaṃ mukhamāyatalocanam| paryaśuṣyata bāṣpeṇa jaloddhṛtamivāmbujam||

English Meaning

And that beautiful face having expansive eyes and resembling the full moon in its splendour, with tears became pale and parched, like to a lotus taken out of its watery bed.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)