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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.50.22

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

3.50.22

sā padmagaurī hemābhā rāvaṇaṃ janakātmajā
vidyudghanam ivāviśya śuśubhe taptabhūṣaṇā

Lotus-fair, golden-gleaming Janaka's daughter, having settled upon Rāvaṇa, shone like lightning entering a cloud, adorned with refined-gold ornaments.

Words: sā — she; padmagaurī — lotus-fair; hemābhā — golden-gleaming; rāvaṇaṃ — Rāvaṇa; janakātmajā — Janaka's daughter; vidyudghanam — the cloud of lightning; ivāviśya — as if having entered; śuśubhe — shone; taptabhūṣaṇā — with refined-gold ornaments

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.