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Verse 343.26

Sarga 5

अव्यक्तरेखामिव चन्द्ररेखां पांसुप्रदिग्धामिव हेमरेखाम्। क्षतप्ररूढामिव बाणरेखां वायुप्रभिन्नामिव मेघरेखाम्।।5.5.26।।

avyaktarekhāmiva candrarekhāṃ pāṃsupradigdhāmiva hemarekhām. kṣataprarūḍhāmiva bāṇarekhāṃ vāyuprabhinnāmiva megharekhām..5.5.26..

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English Translation

"She would be like a barely visible ray of the Moon, like a streak of gold covered with dust, like an unhealed scar of a wound caused by an arrow only superficially covered and like a flake of cloud swept off by the wind."

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Word Meanings

अव्यक्तरेखाम् an invisible ray, चन्द्ररेखामिव like the rays of the Moon, पांसुप्रदिग्धाम् covered with dust, हेमरेखामिव like a streak of gold, क्षतप्ररूढाम् scar of superficially healed wound, बाणरेखामिव path of an arrow, वायुप्रभिन्नाम् swept off by the wind, मेघरेखामिव like a flake of cloud.

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Chapter

Sarga 5

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Verse

343.26