Chapter 15 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 15.33

इदं चिरगृहीतत्वाद्वसनं क्लिष्टवत्तरम्। तथाप्यनूनं तद्वर्णं तथा श्रीमद्यथेतरत्॥

idaṃ ciragṛhītatvādvasanaṃ kliṣṭavattaram| tathāpyanūnaṃ tadvarṇaṃ tathā śrīmadyathetarat||

English Meaning

Her cloth has been shattered by constant use but her grace has not been rendered worse than its colour.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)