Canonical Ref: BK 2.47
Metrical Form: वंशस्थम्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
हिरण्मयी साल-लतेव जङ्गमा च्युता दिवः स्थास्नुरिवाऽचिर-प्रभा । शशाङ्कं-कान्तेरधिदेवताऽऽकृतिः सुता ददे तस्य सुताय मैथिली ॥
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
Karandikar:
(Janaka) gave to his son, his (own) daughter (Sita), the princess of Mithila, (who was), as it were, a moving golden creeper hanging from a tree, like a steady lightning flash fallen from the sky and whose form was like that of the presiding deity of moonlight.
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Bhaṭṭikāvyam, BK 2.47. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.