Chapter 37 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 37.47

अथवा बहुनानेन किमुक्तेन दशानन। तेन सर्वमिदं व्याप्तं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्॥ नीलोत्पलदलश्यामः किंजल्कारुणवाससा। प्रावृट्काले यथा व्योम्नि सतडित्तोयदो यथा॥ श्रीमान्मेघवपुः श्यामः शुभः पङ्कजलोचनः। श्रीवत्सेनोरसा युक्तः शशाङ्ककृतलक्षणः॥ तस्य नित्यं शरीरस्था मेघस्येव शतहदाः। सामरूपिणी लक्ष्मीदेहमावृत्य तिष्ठति॥

athavā bahunānena kimuktena daśānana| tena sarvamidaṃ vyāptaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram|| nīlotpaladalaśyāmaḥ kiṃjalkāruṇavāsasā| prāvṛṭkāle yathā vyomni sataḍittoyado yathā|| śrīmānmeghavapuḥ śyāmaḥ śubhaḥ paṅkajalocanaḥ| śrīvatsenorasā yuktaḥ śaśāṅkakṛtalakṣaṇaḥ|| tasya nityaṃ śarīrasthā meghasyeva śatahadāḥ| sāmarūpiṇī lakṣmīdehamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati||

English Meaning

What is the use of speaking more, O Dasanana, He comprehends the three worlds, the mobile and immobile. Wearing a yellow raiment like to the filaments of lotus, Narayana, resembling dark-blue lotus in colour, is resplendent like to clouds in the welkin accompanied by lightening. And covering his person, Laksmi, in the shape of warfare, lies stationed in his body like to lightning in the clouds.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)