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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.50.15

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

3.50.15

tasyāḥ paramakalyāṇyās tāmrāṇi surabhīṇi ca
padmapatrāṇi vaidehyā abhyakīryanta rāvaṇam

The coppery, fragrant lotus-petals of that most auspicious Vaidehī were scattered down over Rāvaṇa.

Words: tasyāḥ — her; paramakalyāṇyās — of the most auspicious one; tāmrāṇi — coppery-red; surabhīṇi — fragrant; ca — and; padmapatrāṇi — lotus-petals; vaidehyā — of Vaidehī; abhyakīryanta — were scattered over; rāvaṇam — Rāvaṇa

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.