Chapter 48 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 48.6

इमानि खलु पद्मानि पादयोर्वै कुलस्त्रियः। आधिराज्येऽभिषिच्यन्ते नरेन्द्रैः पतिभिः सह॥

imāni khalu padmāni pādayorvai kulastriyaḥ| ādhirājye'bhiṣicyante narendraiḥ patibhiḥ saha||

English Meaning

These lotus-marks on the feet, betokening to gentlewomen possessing them, that they are to be installed in the kingdom in company with their husbands-who are kings-are on me.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)