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title: "Sundara Kanda, Sarga 29"
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# Sundara Kanda, Sarga 29

> तथागतां तां व्यथितामनिन्दितां  
> व्यतीतहर्षां परिदीनमानसाम्।  
> शुभां निमित्तानि शुभानि भेजिरे  
> नरं श्रिया जुष्टमिवोपसेविनः॥ १॥

Like willing attendants flocking round a man favoured by the goddess of fortune, auspicious omens appeared on the person of the aforesaid blessed lady, who, though beyond reproach, was nevertheless agonized, utterly bereft of joy and sore distressed in mind, and had reached the Śiṁśapā tree as aforesaid. (1)

> तस्याः शुभं वाममरालपक्ष्म-  
> राज्यावृतं कृष्णविशालशुक्लम्।  
> प्रास्पन्दतैकं नयनं सुकेश्या  
> मीनाहतं पद्ममिवाभिताम्रम्॥ २॥

The charming left eye alone, of that lady of lovely locks—which was screened with rows of slanting eyelashes, was dark in the middle, large and white all round and coppery at the edge—began repeatedly to throb like a lotus struck gently by a fish. (2)

> भुजश्च चार्वञ्चितवृत्तपीनः  
> परार्घ्यकालागुरुचन्दनार्हः।  
> अनुत्तमेनाघ्युषितः प्रियेण  
> चिरेण वामः समवेपताशु॥ ३॥

Her charming, graceful, rounded and fleshy left arm too, which deserved to be painted with excellent black aloe and sandalwood paste and had been used for long before this as a pillow by her most excellent darling, Śrī Rāma, at once began to palpitate. (3)

> गजेन्द्रहस्तप्रतिमश्च पीन-  
> स्तयोर्द्वयोः संहतयोस्तु जातः।  
> प्रस्पन्दमानः पुनरूरुरस्या  
> रामं पुरस्तात् स्थितमाचचक्षे॥ ४॥

Again, of her well-knit thighs, the left one, which was fleshy and beautiful, nay, which resembled the proboscis of a lordly elephant and was visibly throbbing—announced, as it were, the presence of Śrī Rāma standing in front of her. (4)

> शुभं पुनर्हेमसमानवर्ण-  
> मीषद्रजोध्वस्तमिवातुलाक्ष्याः।  
> वासः स्थितायाः शिखराग्रदन्त्याः  
> किंचित् परिस्रंसत चारुगात्र्याः॥ ५॥

Moreover, the covering of Sītā standing there, of matchless eyes and charming limbs, whose teeth resembled the ends of the seeds of a pomegranate—which was of golden hue and was slightly soiled, as it were, with dust-slipped a bit from her person in a way which augered well for her. (5)

> एतैर्निमित्तैरपरैश्च सुभ्रूः  
> संचोदिता प्रागपि साधुसिद्धैः।  
> वातातपक्लान्तमिव प्रणष्टं  
> वर्षेण बीजं प्रतिसंजहर्ष॥ ६॥

Reassured by these and other omens as well, which had come out perfectly true even before, Sītā, of shapely eyelashes, greatly rejoiced even as a seed blighted by the wind and the sun comes back of life through a shower. (6)

> तस्याः पुनर्बिम्बफलोपमोष्ठं  
> स्वक्षिभ्रुकेशान्तमरालपक्ष्म।  
> वक्त्रं बभासे सितशुक्लदंष्ट्रं  
> राहोर्मुखाच्चन्द्र इव प्रमुक्तः॥ ७॥

Again, her countenance with its lips resembling a ripe Bimba fruit in colour and its beautiful eyes, shapely brows, lovely locks, curved eyelashes and set white teeth shone like the full moon released from the mouth of the demon Rāhu. (7)

> सा वीतशोका व्यपनीततन्द्रा  
> शान्तज्वरा हर्षविबुद्धसत्त्वा।  
> अशोभतार्या वदनेन शुक्ले  
> शीतांशुना रात्रिरिवोदितेन॥ ८॥

Completely rid of grief, her exhaustion fully relieved, her fever allayed and her mind illumined through joy, the noble lady Sītā looked charming with her countenance as a night with the moon having risen during the bright fortnight. (8)

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