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Verse 355.25

Sarga 17

सा मलेन च दिग्धाङ्गी वपुषा चाप्यलङ्कृता।।5.17.25।। मृणाली पङ्कदिग्धेव विभाति न विभाति च।

sā malena ca digdhāṅgī vapuṣā cāpyalaṅkṛtā..5.17.25.. mṛṇālī paṅkadigdheva vibhāti na vibhāti ca.

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English Translation

"Even though she was daubed with dirt, and had no ornaments on her, she looked bright like a lotus fibre smeared with mud."

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Word Meanings

मलेन with dirt, दिग्धाङ्गी a lady with daubed limbs, वपुषा चापि her self, अलङ्कृता decorated with ornaments, सा she, पङ्कदिग्धा lotus smeared with mud, मृणालीव a lotus fibre, विभाति shines, न विभाति च had no brightness also.

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Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 17

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355.25