Chapter 44 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 44.8

तस्य तच्छुशुभे तानं शरेणाभिहतं मुखम्। शरदीवाम्बुजं फुल्लं विद्धं भास्कररश्मिना॥

tasya tacchuśubhe tānaṃ śareṇābhihataṃ mukham| śaradīvāmbujaṃ phullaṃ viddhaṃ bhāskararaśminā||

English Meaning

And pierced by the arrows, his coppery face looked beautiful like a blown autumnal red lotus shot at by the solar rays.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)