Chapter 40 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 40.12

तं रथं सूर्यसंकाशं सीता हृष्टेन चेतसा। आरुरोह वरारोहा कृत्वालंकारमात्मनः॥

taṃ rathaṃ sūryasaṃkāśaṃ sītā hṛṣṭena cetasā| āruroha varārohā kṛtvālaṃkāramātmanaḥ||

English Meaning

Then having adorned her person, that best of her sex, Sītā, with a glad heart ascended the car resembling the sun.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)