Chapter 22 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 22.28

स कल्पवृक्षप्रतिमो वसन्त इव मूर्तिमान्। शमशानचैत्यप्रतिमो भूषितोऽपि भयंकरः॥

sa kalpavṛkṣapratimo vasanta iva mūrtimān| śamaśānacaityapratimo bhūṣito'pi bhayaṃkaraḥ||

English Meaning

He was like to Kalpa tree (A fabulous tree granting everything desired.) and spring incarnate. And albeit adorned, he looked terrible like to a Caitya (A monument or sculpture raised in honour of a deceased person on the site of a funeral pyre.) on the cremation-ground.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)