Chapter 4 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 4.21

अवश्यमेव दातव्या परस्मै सेति संध्यया। चिन्तयित्वा सुता दत्ता विद्युत्केशाय राघव ।।२१ संध्यायास्तनयां लब्ध्वा विद्युत्केशो निशाचरः। रमते स तया साधं पौलोम्या मघवानिव॥

avaśyameva dātavyā parasmai seti saṃdhyayā| cintayitvā sutā dattā vidyutkeśāya rāghava ||21 saṃdhyāyāstanayāṃ labdhvā vidyutkeśo niśācaraḥ| ramate sa tayā sādhaṃ paulomyā maghavāniva||

English Meaning

Sandhya, reflecting that she needs must have to be given away by her, bestowed her on Vidyutkesa, O Raghava. Having obtained Sandhya's daughter, the night-ranger Vidyutkeśa, sports with her even as Maghavan does with the daughter of Puloma.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)