Chapter 9 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 9.3

नीलजीमूतसंकाशस्तप्तकाश्चनकुण्डलः॥ राक्षसेन्द्रः स तु तदा चिन्तयत्सुमहामतिः। अथाब्रवीत्सुतां रक्षः कैकसी नाम नामतः॥

nīlajīmūtasaṃkāśastaptakāścanakuṇḍalaḥ|| rākṣasendraḥ sa tu tadā cintayatsumahāmatiḥ| athābravītsutāṃ rakṣaḥ kaikasī nāma nāmataḥ||

English Meaning

And that great-minded lord of Rākşasas, resembling dark clouds, decked in burnished earrings of gold, then began to reflect. And then the Raksasa addressed his daughter, named Kaikasi.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)