Chapter 43 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 43.38

नानाकाराणि वासांसि फलन्त्यन्ये नगोत्तमाः॥ मुक्तावैदूर्यचित्राणि भूषणानि तथैव च। स्त्रीणां यान्यनुरूपाणि पुरुषाणां तथैव च॥

nānākārāṇi vāsāṃsi phalantyanye nagottamāḥ|| muktāvaidūryacitrāṇi bhūṣaṇāni tathaiva ca| strīṇāṃ yānyanurūpāṇi puruṣāṇāṃ tathaiva ca||

English Meaning

Other excellent trees bring forth attires of divers kinds, and ornaments decked with pearls and lapises,-coveted alike by males and females*. *The present text, according to Kataka, drops a sloka, whose last line is, Beings possessed of powerful effulgence, sport here always in company with females.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)