Chapter 29 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 29

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 29.7

तस्याः पुनर्बिम्बफलोपमोष्ठं स्वक्षिभुकेशान्तमरालपक्ष्म। वक्त्रं बभासे सितशुक्लदंष्ट्र राहोर्मुखाच्चन्द्र इव प्रमुक्तः॥

tasyāḥ punarbimbaphalopamoṣṭhaṃ svakṣibhukeśāntamarālapakṣma| vaktraṃ babhāse sitaśukladaṃṣṭra rāhormukhāccandra iva pramuktaḥ||

English Meaning

And her countenance, having lips red as Bimba fruits, beautiful eyes, eye-brows extending to ears, curling eye-lashes and white teeth, again appeared graceful like to the Moon released from the full grasp of Rahu. (Like the Moon when full eclipse is just over-In mythology Rāhu is the son of Sinika, a Daitya, with the tail of a dragon whose head was severed from-his body by Vişnu, but being immortal this head and tail retained their separate existence and being transferred to the stellar sphere, became the authors of eclipses.)

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)