Chapter 15 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 15.14

पीतेनैकेन संवीतां क्लिष्टेनोत्तमवाससा। सपङ्कामनलंकारां विपद्मामिव पद्मिनीम्॥

pītenaikena saṃvītāṃ kliṣṭenottamavāsasā| sapaṅkāmanalaṃkārāṃ vipadmāmiva padminīm||

English Meaning

And wearing a shattered and soiled yellow cloth and divested of all ornaments she appeared like a lotus stalk without lotuses.* *This passage has another meaning-Padmini has two meanings— (i) lotus (ii) Lakşmi or the goddess of wealth. The goddess of wealth is generally described as sitting on a lotus.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)