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Sundara Kanda Sarga 19 Shloka 14
Original Shloka
पद्मिनीमिव विध्वस्तां हतशूरां चमूमिव। प्रभामिव तमोध्वस्तामुपक्षीणामिवापगाम्।।5.19.14।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

विध्वस्ताम् blighted, पद्मिनीमिव like lotus creeper, हतशूराम् whose gallant warriors are killed, चमूमिव like the army, तमोध्वस्ताम् by darkness shadowed, प्रभामिव like radiance, उपक्षीणाम् dried, आपगामिव like the stream.

English Commentary

She was like a lotuscreeper blighted, an army with its gallant warriors killed, radiance of light blocked by darkness and a stream run dry.