Chapter 69 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 69.11

पीठे कार्णायसे चैव निषण्णं कृष्णवाससम्। प्रहरन्ति स्म राजानं प्रमदाः कृष्णपिङ्गलाः॥

pīṭhe kārṇāyase caiva niṣaṇṇaṃ kṛṣṇavāsasam| praharanti sma rājānaṃ pramadāḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ||

English Meaning

I saw the king seated on a sable seat of iron, clad in a sable garb; and women black and yellow beating him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)