Chapter 9 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 9.35

शर्करासवगन्धः स प्रकृत्या सुरभिः सुखः। तासां वदननि:श्वासः सिषेवे रावणं तदा॥

śarkarāsavagandhaḥ sa prakṛtyā surabhiḥ sukhaḥ| tāsāṃ vadanani:śvāsaḥ siṣeve rāvaṇaṃ tadā||

English Meaning

The sweet breath of their faces, naturally fragrani, and redolent of sugar and asava, was then rogaling Rāvana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)