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Sundara Kanda Sarga 2 Shloka 58
Original Shloka
शङ्खप्रभं क्षीरमृणालवर्ण मुद्गच्छमानं व्यवभासमानम्। ददर्श चन्द्रं स हरिप्रवीरः पोप्लूयमानं सरसीव हंसम्।।5.2.58।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

सः हरिप्रवीरः that heroic vanara, उद्गच्छमानम् rising up and looking, शङ्खप्रभम् shining like the white conch, व्यवभासमानम् hiding and coming out, क्षीरमृणालवर्णम् like the colur of milk and lotus stalks, सरसि a lake, पोप्लूयमानम् floating, हंसमिव like a swan, चन्द्रम् the Moon, ददर्श saw.

English Commentary

The heroic vanara saw the rising Moon flitting in and out shining like a fresh white conch, in the colour of milk and lotus stalks, bright like a swan floating in the lakelike sky. इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये सुन्दरकाण्डे द्वितीयस्सर्गः।। Thus ends the second sarga of Sundarakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.