Chapter 9 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 9.17

प्रबुद्धानीव पद्मानि तासां भूत्वा क्षपाक्षये। पुनः संवृतपत्राणि रात्राविव बभुस्तदा॥

prabuddhānīva padmāni tāsāṃ bhūtvā kṣapākṣaye| punaḥ saṃvṛtapatrāṇi rātrāviva babhustadā||

English Meaning

And their faces appeared like lotuses blowing on the expire of night and closing their petals by night.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)