Chapter 10 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 10.25

काचिद् वीणां परिष्वज्य सुप्ता कमललोचना। वरं प्रियतमं गृह्य सकामेव हि कामिना ॥

kācid vīṇāṃ pariṣvajya suptā kamalalocanā| varaṃ priyatamaṃ gṛhya sakāmeva hi kāminā ||

English Meaning

One lotus-eyed female was asleep, embracing her Vīņā; like an amorous dainsel hugging her fair paramour.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)