Chapter 9 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 9.14

ततोऽपश्यत् कुथासीनं नानावर्णाम्बरस्रजम्। सहस्रं वरनारीणां नानावेषविभूषितम्॥ परिवृत्तेऽर्धरात्रे तु पाननिद्रावसंगतम्। क्रीडित्वोपरतं रात्रौ प्रसुप्तं बलवत् तदा॥

tato'paśyat kuthāsīnaṃ nānāvarṇāmbarasrajam| sahasraṃ varanārīṇāṃ nānāveṣavibhūṣitam|| parivṛtte'rdharātre tu pānanidrāvasaṃgatam| krīḍitvoparataṃ rātrau prasuptaṃ balavat tadā||

English Meaning

And when the night had been half spent, (Hanuman) saw thousands of superb dames, adorned in various attires, and bearing apparels of diverse hues, and wreaths, who having given up sport, and come under the influence of wine and sleep, were fast asleep on woollen sheets.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)