Chapter 17 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 17.20

ददर्श हनुमांस्तत्र लतामकुसुमामिव। सा मलेन च दिग्धाङ्गी वपुषा चाप्यलंकृता। मृणाली पङ्कदिग्धेव विभाति च न भाति च ॥

dadarśa hanumāṃstatra latāmakusumāmiva| sā malena ca digdhāṅgī vapuṣā cāpyalaṃkṛtā| mṛṇālī paṅkadigdheva vibhāti ca na bhāti ca ||

English Meaning

And Hanuman beheld her there like a creeper divested of flowers. And having her person soiled with dirt and shorn of all ornaments she appeared in her hidden grace like to a lotus covered with clay.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)