[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Mixed prose-and-verse narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu) › [Campūs on the Rāma story](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana) › [Campūrāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt) › 3.59 # Rāmāyaṇacampū 3.59 English (machine translation) 3.59 - **Language:** English ### [3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.59) First the beauty of blue silk, then the splendor of a waistband set with emeralds, / then a pattern of musk-paste, and for an instant the rival of a garland of blooming blue lotuses, / and afterwards resembling glistening collyrium—such did the smoke born from the burning of the Ten-faced One's city / then become upon the hips, breasts, waists, necks, and eyes of the women of the quarters. ..59.. - [Previous: 3.58\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.58_8) - [Next: 3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.60) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.59) · Pramāṇa