Chapter 22 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 22.25

चलानमुकुटप्रांशुश्चित्रमाल्यानुलेपनः। रक्तमाल्याम्बरधरस्तप्ताङ्गदविभूषणः॥ श्रोणीसूत्रेण महता मेचकेन सुसंवृतः। अमृतोत्पादने नद्धो भुजङ्गनेव मन्दरः॥

calānamukuṭaprāṃśuścitramālyānulepanaḥ| raktamālyāmbaradharastaptāṅgadavibhūṣaṇaḥ|| śroṇīsūtreṇa mahatā mecakena susaṃvṛtaḥ| amṛtotpādane naddho bhujaṅganeva mandaraḥ||

English Meaning

The top of his crown was shaking and he had charming garland around his neck and his person sprinkled with paste. He had crimson-coloured garlands and clothes on and his charming arms were adorned with ornaments. Encircled with a sword-belt around his waist he appeared like to Mandara, entwined by a snake at the time of the churning of the ocean.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)