Chapter 1 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 1.31

मुखं नासिकया तस्य ताम्रया ताम्रमाबभौ। सन्ध्यया समभिस्पृष्टं यथा स्यात् सूर्यमण्डलम्॥ लाङ्गूलं च समाविद्धं प्लवमानस्य शोभते। अम्बरे वायुपुत्रस्य शक्रध्वज इवोच्छ्रितम्॥

mukhaṃ nāsikayā tasya tāmrayā tāmramābabhau| sandhyayā samabhispṛṣṭaṃ yathā syāt sūryamaṇḍalam|| lāṅgūlaṃ ca samāviddhaṃ plavamānasya śobhate| ambare vāyuputrasya śakradhvaja ivocchritam||

English Meaning

Beside his coppery nose, his face looked coppery, as looks the solar disc on the approach of eve. And the uplifted tail of the Wind-god's offspring engaged in bounding, appeared beautiful in the sky like the raised standard of Sakra.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)