Chapter 16 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 16.19

सेयं कनकवर्णाङ्गी नित्यं सुस्मितभाषिणी। सहते यातनामेतामनर्थानामभागिनी॥

seyaṃ kanakavarṇāṅgī nityaṃ susmitabhāṣiṇī| sahate yātanāmetāmanarthānāmabhāginī||

English Meaning

And that one of a golden hue, never used to afflictions and who was wont to converse always with a delighted countenance, has now been suffering incomparable miseries.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)