Chapter 40 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 40.5

मनः शिलायास्तिलको गण्डपार्श्वे निवेशितः। त्वया प्रणष्टे तिलके तं किल स्मर्तुमर्हसि ॥

manaḥ śilāyāstilako gaṇḍapārśve niveśitaḥ| tvayā praṇaṣṭe tilake taṃ kila smartumarhasi ||

English Meaning

And tell him also, (Sītă wishes Hanuman to use her own language to Rama) 'On my (first) tilaka having been wiped out, you didst paint beside my cheek another cheek another made of red arsenic—this you You remember.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)