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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.50.17
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
3.50.17
tasyās tad vimalaṃ vaktram ākāśe rāvaṇāṅkagam
na rarāja vinā rāmaṃ vinālam iva paṅkajam
That spotless face of hers, up in the sky and resting on Rāvaṇa's lap, did not shine without Rāma, like a lotus without its stalk.
Words: tasyās — her; tad — that; vimalaṃ — spotless; vaktram — face; ākāśe — in the sky; rāvaṇāṅkagam — resting on Rāvaṇa's lap; na — not; rarāja — shone; vinā — without; rāmaṃ — Rāma; vinālam — without a stalk; iva — like; paṅkajam — a lotus
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.