Chapter 19 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 19.4

मलमण्डनदिग्धाङ्गी मण्डनार्हाममण्डनाम्। मृणाली पङ्कदिग्धेव विभाति न विभाति च॥

malamaṇḍanadigdhāṅgī maṇḍanārhāmamaṇḍanām| mṛṇālī paṅkadigdheva vibhāti na vibhāti ca||

English Meaning

Her limbs, where he used to wear ornaments, were covered with dirt and albeit worthy of ornaments, appeared without any like to a lotus covered with clay and therefore shining very indistinctly.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)