Chapter 12 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 12.16

हुताग्निरर्चिः संकाशामेनां सौरीमिव प्रभाम्। उन्नसं विमलं वल्गु वदनं चारुलोचनम्॥ पश्यंस्तदवशस्तस्याः कामस्य वशमेयिवान्।

hutāgnirarciḥ saṃkāśāmenāṃ saurīmiva prabhām| unnasaṃ vimalaṃ valgu vadanaṃ cārulocanam|| paśyaṃstadavaśastasyāḥ kāmasya vaśameyivān|

English Meaning

Seeing her resembling the flame of a sacrificial fire and the splendour of the Sun himself; and her fair face furnished with a prominent nose and elegant eyes, I, having lost control over self, have come under the sway of desire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)