Chapter 88 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 88

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 88.9

बुधस्तु तां समीक्ष्यैव कामबाणवशं गतः। नोपलेभे तदात्मानं स चचाल तदाम्भसि ॥ इलां निरीक्षमाणस्तु त्रैलोक्यादधिकां शुभाम्। चित्तं समभ्यतिक्रामत्कान्वियं देवताधिका ॥

budhastu tāṃ samīkṣyaiva kāmabāṇavaśaṃ gataḥ| nopalebhe tadātmānaṃ sa cacāla tadāmbhasi || ilāṃ nirīkṣamāṇastu trailokyādadhikāṃ śubhām| cittaṃ samabhyatikrāmatkānviyaṃ devatādhikā ||

English Meaning

As soon as Budha saw her he was assailed by the arrows of Cupid. Not being able to control himself he grew impatient within waters and thought. This damsel is far more beautiful even than the celestial girls.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)