Chapter 10 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 10.4

बालव्यजनरस्ताभिर्वीज्यमानं समन्ततः। गन्धैश्च विविधैर्जुष्टं वरधूपेन धूपितम्॥ परमास्तरणास्तीर्णमाविकाजिनसंवृतम्। दामभिर्वरमाल्यानां समन्तादुपशोभितम्॥

bālavyajanarastābhirvījyamānaṃ samantataḥ| gandhaiśca vividhairjuṣṭaṃ varadhūpena dhūpitam|| paramāstaraṇāstīrṇamāvikājinasaṃvṛtam| dāmabhirvaramālyānāṃ samantādupaśobhitam||

English Meaning

Around which persons kept waving with their hands chowris furnished with hair;* rife with perfumes of various kinds; odorous with rich dhupa, spread with excellent sheets; covered with the skins of rams; and decked on all sides with chaplets of gorgeous flowers. *The commentator throws out a conjecture that artificial figures are here meant; which mechanically performed the function herein assigned to them.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)