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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.50.18
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
3.50.18
babhūva jaladaṃ nīlaṃ bhittvā candra ivoditaḥ
sulalāṭaṃ sukeśāntaṃ padmagarbhābham avraṇam
śuklaiḥ suvimalair dantaiḥ prabhāvadbhir alaṃkṛtam
Her face became like the moon risen after piercing a dark cloud—fair of brow, fair of hair, glowing like a lotus's heart, flawless, adorned with white, spotless, gleaming teeth.
Words: babhūva — became; jaladaṃ — a rain-cloud; nīlaṃ — dark, blue; bhittvā — having pierced, split; candra — the moon; ivoditaḥ — as risen; sulalāṭaṃ — with fair forehead; sukeśāntaṃ — with fair hair-ends; padmagarbhābham — glowing like a lotus's heart; avraṇam — flawless, unblemished; śuklaiḥ — with white; suvimalair — very spotless; dantaiḥ — teeth; prabhāvadbhir — radiant, gleaming; alaṃkṛtam — adorned
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.