Chapter 5 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 5.11

ददर्श कान्ताश्च समालभन्त्यस्तथापरास्तत्र पुनः स्वपन्त्यः। सुरूपवक्त्राश्च तथा हसन्त्यः क्रुद्धाः पराश्चापि विनिःश्वसन्त्यः॥

dadarśa kāntāśca samālabhantyastathāparāstatra punaḥ svapantyaḥ| surūpavaktrāśca tathā hasantyaḥ kruddhāḥ parāścāpi viniḥśvasantyaḥ||

English Meaning

And (he) saw debonair damsels daubing their frames with pastes; and others, again, sleeping, and fair-faced wenches smiling, and others sighing hard under the influence of anger.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)