Chapter 9 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 9.40

मुखे च तिलकं चित्रं जातरूपमयं शुभम्॥ कारयिष्यामि ते कुब्जे शुभान्याभरणानि च। परिधाय शुभे वस्त्रे देवतेव चरिष्यसि॥ चन्द्रमाह्वयमानेन मुखेनाप्रतिमानना। गमिष्यसि गतिं मुख्यां गर्वयन्ती द्विषज्जने।५१ ।।

mukhe ca tilakaṃ citraṃ jātarūpamayaṃ śubham|| kārayiṣyāmi te kubje śubhānyābharaṇāni ca| paridhāya śubhe vastre devateva cariṣyasi|| candramāhvayamānena mukhenāpratimānanā| gamiṣyasi gatiṃ mukhyāṃ garvayantī dviṣajjane|51 ||

English Meaning

O hump-backed one, I will prepare for your face an excellent tilaka of gold; as well as other ornaments. Wearing elegant apparel, you will go about like a very goddess. With an incomparable countenance challenging the moon himself, you will attain pre-eminence, defying your foes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)