Chapter 24 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 24.6

दीर्घकेश्यः सुचार्वङ्गयः पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाः। पीनस्तनतटा मध्ये वज्रवेदिसमप्रभाः॥ रथकूबरसंकाशैः श्रोणिदेशैर्मनोहराः। स्त्रियः सुराङ्गनाप्रख्या निष्टप्तकनकप्रभाः।८।। शोकदुःखभयवस्ता विह्वलाश्च सुमध्यमाः। तासां निश्वासवातेन सर्वतः संप्रदीपितम्॥ अग्निहोत्रमिवाभाति संनिरुद्धाग्निपुष्पकम्। दशग्रीववशं प्राप्तास्तास्तु शोकाकुलाः स्त्रियः॥

dīrghakeśyaḥ sucārvaṅgayaḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanāḥ| pīnastanataṭā madhye vajravedisamaprabhāḥ|| rathakūbarasaṃkāśaiḥ śroṇideśairmanoharāḥ| striyaḥ surāṅganāprakhyā niṣṭaptakanakaprabhāḥ|8|| śokaduḥkhabhayavastā vihvalāśca sumadhyamāḥ| tāsāṃ niśvāsavātena sarvataḥ saṃpradīpitam|| agnihotramivābhāti saṃniruddhāgnipuṣpakam| daśagrīvavaśaṃ prāptāstāstu śokākulāḥ striyaḥ||

English Meaning

They had long hairs, graceful persons, countenances resembling the full-moon, rising breast, slender waist like that of a black-bee and were graceful with back like the pole of a car. They were like the females of the celestials and the burning gold and were all afflicted by grief, sorrow and terror and were young. And the car was ablaze on all sides with the sighing of those damsels and Pușpaka looked like the chamber where fire is kept perpetually.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)