Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.24

बालेन्द्रगोपान्तरचित्रितेन विभाति भूमिर्नवशाद्वलेन। गात्रानुपृक्तेन शुक्रप्रभेण नारीव लाक्षोक्षितकम्बलेन॥

bālendragopāntaracitritena vibhāti bhūmirnavaśādvalena| gātrānupṛktena śukraprabheṇa nārīva lākṣokṣitakambalena||

English Meaning

And the earth, covered with green grass and variegated with newly born insects, is appearing like a damsel clothed with a white blanket spotted here and there with lac.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)