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Aranya Kanda Sarga 34 Shloka 17
Original Shloka
नैव देवी न गन्धर्वी न यक्षी न च किन्नरी। नैवंरूपा मया नारी दृष्टपूर्वा महीतले।।3.34.17।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

एवंरूपा such a beauty, देवी goddess, मया myself, नैव दृष्टपूर्वा not seen earlier, गन्धर्वी gandharvi, न not, यक्षी yakshi, न not, किन्नरी kinneri, न not, नारी woman, महीतले on this earth, न not.

English Commentary

I had not seen such a beautiful woman earlier, among the gandharvas, or yakshas, or kinneras. I have not seen such a beauty among the humans on earth.