Verse 24·VR 3.52.24

सा पद्म पीता हेम आभा रावणम् जनक आत्मजा | विद्युत् घनम् इव आविश्य शुशुभे तप्त भूषणा || ३-५२-२४

saa tu raavaNa vegena puShpa vR^iShTiH samantataH |samaadhuutaa dashagriivam punaH eva abhyavartata || 3-52-27

Translation

Seetha, the daughter of Janaka, with a complexion that is goldenly yellowish in the tinge of a lotus, moreover with her ornaments of purified gold, flashed like a lightning possessed in a dark-cloud, when that stonehearted Ravana possessed her. [3-52-24]

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The Combat of Jatayu and Ravana (contd.)

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