Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.64

पद्मकोशपलाशानि द्रष्टुं दृष्टिर्हि मन्यते। सीताया नेत्रकोशाभ्यां सदृशानीति लक्ष्मण। ७१।।

padmakośapalāśāni draṣṭuṃ dṛṣṭirhi manyate| sītāyā netrakośābhyāṃ sadṛśānīti lakṣmaṇa| 71||

English Meaning

My eyes pant for beholding those lotus-petals, O Lakṣmaṇa, because of their resemblance with Sītā's eyes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)