Chapter 13 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 13.16

देव्या दिव्यप्रभावेण दग्धं सव्यं ममेक्षणम्। रेणुध्वस्तमिव ज्योतिः पिङ्गलत्वमुपागतम्॥

devyā divyaprabhāveṇa dagdhaṃ savyaṃ mamekṣaṇam| reṇudhvastamiva jyotiḥ piṅgalatvamupāgatam||

English Meaning

Thereupon through the divine energy of the goddess my left eye was burnt and seemed to be covered with dust, and its lustre became tawny.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)