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Sundara Kanda Sarga 15 Shloka 25
Original Shloka
नीलनागाभया वेण्या जघनं गतयैकया। नीलया नीरदापाये वनराज्या महीमिव।।5.15.25।। सुखार्हां दुःखसन्तप्तां व्यसनानामकोविदाम्।
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Translations & Commentary

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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

जघनम् the hips, गतया by touching, एकया by only one, नीलनागाभया which looked like a black serpent, वेण्या with a braid of hair, नीरदापाये at the close of rainy season, नीलया with a dark one, वनराज्या by a range of forest, महीमिव like the earth, सुखार्हाम् who deserves to be happy, दुःखसन्तप्ताम् burning in grief, व्यसनानाम् of worries, अकोविदाम् who had not experienced.

English Commentary

She (from behind) appeared like the earth covered with a range of trees at the end of rainy season with her single long black braid touching her hips looking like a black serpent. She who deserved to be happy and had not experienced worries was burning in grief. (एकवेणी is a trait of a प्रोषितभर्तृका Sita who was forced to stay in Lanka was a प्रोषितभर्तृका नायिका.)