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Sundara Kanda Sarga 9 Shloka 38
Original Shloka
प्रबुद्धानीव पद्मानि तासां भूत्वा क्षपाक्षये। पुनस्संवृतपत्राणि रात्राविव बभुस्तदा।।5.9.38।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

तासाम् of those women, क्षपाक्षये at the end of night, प्रबुद्धानि from early morning, पद्मानीव like lotuses, भूत्वा having been, पुनः again, रात्रौ at night, संवृतपत्राणिव closing up their petals, तदा then, बभुः looked.

English Commentary

The faces of the women looked like blooming lotuses at daybreak, their petals closed up again at night.