Chapter 37 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 37.29

अथोत्तमान्याभरणानि देवि देहि स्नुषायै व्यपनीय चीरम्। न चीरमस्याः प्रविधीयतेति न्यवारयत् तद् वसनं वसिष्ठः॥

athottamānyābharaṇāni devi dehi snuṣāyai vyapanīya cīram| na cīramasyāḥ pravidhīyateti nyavārayat tad vasanaṃ vasiṣṭhaḥ||

English Meaning

Do you, O noble lady, removing the ascetic guise, confer elegant ornaments on your daughter-in-law, for such a dress suits not this one, Saying this Vasistha prevented Kaikeyi.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)