Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 55: Rāma Leaves Bharadvāja’s Āśrama and Crosses the YamunāText 2.55.29
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 55: Rāma Leaves Bharadvāja’s Āśrama and Crosses the Yamunā
Text 2.55.29
गच्छतोस्तु तयोर्मध्ये बभूव जनकात्मजा।
मातङ्गयोर्मध्यगता शुभा नागवधूरिव।।
gacchatos tu tayor madhye babhūva janakātmajā
mātaṅgayor madhya-gatā śubhā nāga-vadhūr iva
gacchatoḥ tu = who were walking [towards Citrakūṭa]; tayoḥ = of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa; madhye = in the midst; babhūva = was; janaka-ātmajā = Janaka’s daughter; mātaṅgayoḥ = of two elephants; madhya-gatā = walking in the midst; śubhā = a beautiful; nāga-vadhūḥ = wife of an elephant; iva = like.
In the midst of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa who were walking [towards Citrakūṭa], Janaka’s daughter was like a beautiful wife of an elephant walking in the midst of two elephants.