सुकुमारीं सुजाताङ्गीं रत्नगर्भगृहोचिताम्। तप्यमानामिवोष्णेन मृणालीमचिरोद्धृताम्।।5.19.18।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
सुकुमारीम् delicate, सुजाताङ्गीम् a lady with beautiful limbs, रत्नगर्भगृहोचिताम् who deserves to be in a gemcrusted house, तप्यमानाम् being scorched, अचिरोद्धृताम् just plucked out, मृणालीमिव like the lotus stem.
English Commentary
A delicate lady with beautiful limbs who deserved to be in a gemcrusted house was (now) like a lotus stem just plucked out and scorched by the Sun's heat.