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Valmiki Ramayana 2.33.7

Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.33.7

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Sanskrit

2.33.7

sa cīre puruṣavyāghraḥ kaikeyyāḥ pratigṛhya te
sūkṣmavastram avakṣipya munivastrāṇy avasta ha

With her own hands Kaikeyí took
The hermit coats of bark, and, 'Look,'
She cried with bold unblushing brow
Before the concourse, 'Dress thee now.'
That lion leader of the brave
Took from her hand the dress she gave,
Cast his fine raiment on the ground,
And round his waist the vesture bound.
Then quick the hero Lakshman too
His garment from his shoulders threw,
And, in the presence of his sire,
Indued the ascetic's rough attire.
But Sítá, in her silks arrayed,
Threw glances, trembling and afraid,
On the bark coat she had to wear,
Like a shy doe that eyes the snare.
Ashamed and weeping for distress
From the queen's hand she took the dress.
The fair one, by her husband's side
Who matched heaven's minstrel monarch, cried:
'How bind they on their woodland dress,
Those hermits of the wilderness?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

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