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स मुहूर्तमिव ध्यात्वा मनसा चाधिगम्य ताम् ।
अवप्लुतो महातेजाः प्राकारं तस्य वेश्मनः ॥
After meditating for a while and com-
prehending her with his mind, Hanuman
of great brilliance leapt from that mansion
into an enclosure.
 
SUNDARAKANDA
 

 
अशोकवनिकायां तु तस्यां वानरपुङ्गवः ।
ददर्श शुक्लपक्षादौ चन्द्ररेखामिवामलाम् ॥
 
And in the Asoka forest, that foremost
of monkeys saw her like the spotless ray
of the moon in the beginning of the bright
half of the month ;
 
मन्दं प्रख्यायमानेन रूपेण रुचिरप्रभाम् ।
पिनध्दां धूमजालेन शिखामिव विभावसोः ॥
 
who was shining in lustre though her form
was but slowly recognisable, like a flame
of fire enveloped in a cloud of smoke;
पीतेनैकेन संवीतां क्लिष्टेनोत्तमवाससा ।
सपकामनलङ्कारां विपद्मामिव पद्मिनीम् ॥
 
who was clad in a fine but tattered
yellow cloth and, being dirty and devoid
of ornaments, looked like a lotus tank
devoid of lotuses;