Chapter 99 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 99

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 99.26

चन्दनेन महार्हेण यस्याङ्गमुपसेवितम्। मलेन तस्याङ्गमिदं कथमार्यस्य सेव्यते॥

candanena mahārheṇa yasyāṅgamupasevitam| malena tasyāṅgamidaṃ kathamāryasya sevyate||

English Meaning

How is the person of that one whose body used to be daubed with costly sandal, covered with dust.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)