Chapter 17 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 17.2

तत्रापश्यत्स वै कन्यां कृष्णाजिनजटाधराम्। आर्षेण विधिना युक्तां दीप्यन्ती देवतामिव ॥

tatrāpaśyatsa vai kanyāṃ kṛṣṇājinajaṭādharām| ārṣeṇa vidhinā yuktāṃ dīpyantī devatāmiva ||

English Meaning

It came to pass that there he saw a damsel wearing a dark deer-skin and matted locks, leading the life of a saint, and flaming like a celestial.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)