Chapter 88 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 88

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 88.4

तमेव प्रथमं मासं स्त्री भूत्वा लोकसुन्दरी। तत्काननं विगाह्याशु विजह्वे लोकसुन्दरी। दुमगुल्मलताकीर्णं पद्भ्यां पद्मदलेक्षणा॥ ताभिः परिवृता स्त्रीभिर्येऽस्य पूर्व पदानुगाः।।।।।

tameva prathamaṃ māsaṃ strī bhūtvā lokasundarī| tatkānanaṃ vigāhyāśu vijahve lokasundarī| dumagulmalatākīrṇaṃ padbhyāṃ padmadalekṣaṇā|| tābhiḥ parivṛtā strībhirye'sya pūrva padānugāḥ|||||

English Meaning

In the first month, assuming his female form having lotus-eyes and charming the three world, he used to sport in the forest abounding in groves, in the company of his companions metamorphosed into the same form.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)