Chapter 83 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 83

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 83.12

आसिञ्चन्सलिलैश्चैनं पद्मोत्पलसुगन्धिभिः। प्रदहन्तमसंहार्यं सहसाग्निमिवोत्थितम्॥

āsiñcansalilaiścainaṃ padmotpalasugandhibhiḥ| pradahantamasaṃhāryaṃ sahasāgnimivotthitam||

English Meaning

With water scented with lotuses, they fell to sprinkling that one resembling a furious fire that has suddenly arisen. 1. Padmotpalasugadhibhiḥ-water scented with padmas-lotuses proper, and utpalas-blue lotuses (Nymphea cerulea). 2. 'Rama,' remarks the commentator, 'was a fire lighted by his grief for Sītā.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)