Chapter 9 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 9.44

उचितेष्वपि सुव्यक्तं न तासां योषितां तदा। विवेकः शक्यमाधातुं भूषणाङ्गाम्बरस्रजाम्॥

uciteṣvapi suvyaktaṃ na tāsāṃ yoṣitāṃ tadā| vivekaḥ śakyamādhātuṃ bhūṣaṇāṅgāmbarasrajām||

English Meaning

Although the ornaments of those women wearing ornaments, attires and wreaths, were put on proper places; yet (on account of the profusion of the ornaments themselves, as well as because of the circumstance of the dames sleeping, * it was difficult to ascertain which ornament belonged to one damsel and which to another. *In consequence also, remarks the commentator, of the uniformity running through the ornaments, as well as of the close contact of the persons of the ladies.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)