Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 9: Kaikeyī Convinced by Mantharā
Text 2.9.44
त्वमायताभ्यां सक्थिभ्यां मन्थरे क्षौमवासिनी।
अग्रतो मम् गच्छन्ती राजहंसीव राजसे॥
tvam āyatābhyāṁ sakthibhyāṁ manthare kṣauma-vāsinī
agrato mama gacchantī rāja-haṁsīva rājase
tvam = you; āyatābhyām = long; sakthibhyām = with your thighs 4; manthare = Mantharā; kṣauma-vāsinī = dressed in silk; agrataḥ = in front; mama = of me; gacchantī = when you walk; rāja-haṁsī = a royal swan; iva = as; rājase = are as beautiful.
Mantharā, when you walk in front of me with your long thighs dressed in silk, you are as beautiful as a royal swan.