Chapter 9 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 9.53

उदीर्णसंरम्भतमोवृतानना तदावमुक्तोत्तममाल्यभूषणा। नरेन्द्रपत्नी विमना बभूव सा तमोवृता द्यौरिव मग्नतारका ॥

udīrṇasaṃrambhatamovṛtānanā tadāvamuktottamamālyabhūṣaṇā| narendrapatnī vimanā babhūva sā tamovṛtā dyauriva magnatārakā ||

English Meaning

Casting away her excellent garlands and ornaments with her countenance clouded with the gloom of wrath, the King's wife became sunk in thought looking like a sky enveloped in darkness, with the stars hid.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)