A Beautiful Couple: Dilipa and his Wife

Sunday

Like the sight of the star Chitra alongside the moon at the end of winter, there was an elusive beauty that marked the couple: King Dilipa and his queen, who were passing by, dressed flawlessly.

काप्यभिख्या तयॊरासीद् व्रजतॊः शुद्धवॆषयॊः |
हिमनिर्मुक्तयॊर्यॊगॆ चित्राचन्द्रमसॊरिव ||

kApyabhikhyA thayOrAsIdh vrajathOho shudhDHavESHayOho |
himanirmukthayOryOgE chithrAchandhramasOriva ||

[This is the forty-sixth verse in the first chapter of Kalidasa’s poem, Raghuvamsha.]