Valmiki Ramayana Sundara Kanda Sarga 15 Shloka 21
Original Shlokaपीतेनैकेन संवीतां क्लिष्टेनोत्तमवाससा। सपङ्कामनलङ्कारां विपद्मामिव पद्मिनीम्।।5.15.21।।
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English Translation
क्लिष्टेन wornout body, पीतेन by yellow cloth, एकेन only one, उत्तमवाससा choicest cloth, संवीताम् clad in, अनलङ्काराम् without unadorned, सपङ्कम् with dust, विपद्माम् devoid of lotuses, पद्मिनीमिव like a lotus pond.
English Commentary
She was wearing an excellent single yellow cloth which was soiled. Unadorned, she looked like a muddy lotuspond bereft of lotuses.