Chapter 11 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 11.24

तासां निद्रावशत्वाच्च मदनेन विमूर्च्छितम् ॥ पद्मिनीनां प्रसुप्तानां रूपमासीद् यथैव हि।

tāsāṃ nidrāvaśatvācca madanena vimūrcchitam || padminīnāṃ prasuptānāṃ rūpamāsīd yathaiva hi|

English Meaning

Their beauty, in consequence of their coming under the governance of sleep, and their being bereft of their senses by Madana, resembled that of lotuses in a sleep.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)