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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.50.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again. He tears her from the trees and resumes the flight, flowers and ornaments fall while the landscape shares her distress

In the sequence: her yellow silk and ornaments shine against his dark body during the flight

3.50.13

taptābharaṇasarvāṅgī pītakauśeyavāsanī
rarāja rājaputrī tu vidyut saudāmanī yathā

Her every limb graced with gold-refined ornaments, clad in yellow silk, the princess shone like the lightning of the storm-clouds.

Words: taptābharaṇasarvāṅgī — every limb with gold-refined ornaments; pītakauśeyavāsanī — clad in yellow silk; rarāja — shone; rājaputrī — the princess; tu — and; vidyut — lightning; saudāmanī — of the storm-cloud (Saudāmanī); yathā — like

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.