Chapter 58 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 58.15

सूर्यप्रभेव शैलाग्रे तस्याः कौशेयमुत्तमम्। असिते राक्षसे भाति यथा वा तडिदम्बुदे॥

sūryaprabheva śailāgre tasyāḥ kauśeyamuttamam| asite rākṣase bhāti yathā vā taḍidambude||

English Meaning

Her silken cloth seemed like the solar splendour on the summit of a mountain; and herself beside the sable Rākşasa, looked like the lightning in the welkin (beside clouds).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)