Chapter 16 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 16.28

हिमहतनलिनीव नष्टशोभा व्यसनपरम्परया निपीड्यमाना। सहचररहितेव चक्रवाकी जनकसुता कृपणां दशां प्रपन्ना ॥

himahatanalinīva naṣṭaśobhā vyasanaparamparayā nipīḍyamānā| sahacararahiteva cakravākī janakasutā kṛpaṇāṃ daśāṃ prapannā ||

English Meaning

Being harassed with continued miseries, the daughter of Janaka has lost all her beauty like to a water-lily crushed with frost, and has come by a miserable plight like to a doe separated from her mate.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)