Chapter 33 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 33.9

अङ्गरागोचितां सीतां रक्तचन्दनसेविनीम्। 'वर्षमुष्णं च शीतं च नेष्यत्याशु विवर्णताम्॥

aṅgarāgocitāṃ sītāṃ raktacandanasevinīm| 'varṣamuṣṇaṃ ca śītaṃ ca neṣyatyāśu vivarṇatām||

English Meaning

Now summer's heat and winter's cold and the rains of the wet season wil speedily stain Sītā, whose person is worthy of being dyed, and who used to daub her limbs with red sandal paste.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)