Chapter 42 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 42.9

दक्षिणा रूपवत्यश्च स्त्रियः पानवशं गताः॥ उपानृत्यन्त काकुत्स्थं नृत्यगीतविशारदाः। मनोभिरामा रामास्ता रामो रमयतां वरः॥ रमयामास धर्मात्मा नित्यं परमभूषिताः।

dakṣiṇā rūpavatyaśca striyaḥ pānavaśaṃ gatāḥ|| upānṛtyanta kākutsthaṃ nṛtyagītaviśāradāḥ| manobhirāmā rāmāstā rāmo ramayatāṃ varaḥ|| ramayāmāsa dharmātmā nityaṃ paramabhūṣitāḥ|

English Meaning

The intelligent and beautiful females being intoxicated after taking wine, and well-skilled in the art of singing and dancing, began to dance before Råma. The virtuous-souled Rāma, the foremost of those who know how to please, satisfied those beautiful damsels adorned with various ornaments.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)