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Sundara Kanda Sarga 7 Shloka 8
Original Shloka
यथा नगाग्रं बहुधातुचित्रं यथा नभश्च ग्रहचन्द्रचित्रम्। ददर्शयुक्तीकृतमेघचित्रं विमानरत्नं बहुरत्नचित्रम्।।5.7.8।।
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Translations & Commentary

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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

युक्तीकृतमेघचित्रम् mass of colourful clouds, ग्रहचन्द्रचित्रम् looking colourful with planets and Moon, नभः यथा like the sky, बहुरत्नचित्रम् colourful on account of gems encrusted, बहुधातुचित्रम् colourful on account of many minerals, नगाग्रं यथा like the peak of a mountain, विमानरत्नम् jewel of a chariot, ददर्श saw.

English Commentary

A jewel among aerial chariots, it looked colourful with many gems beset. It appeared like the summit of a mountain decorated with the colours of minerals, like the sky bespangled with planets and the Moon and like a mass of multicoloured clouds adorned by a rainbow.