Ramayana
पतिशोकातुरां शुष्कां नदीं विस्रावितामिव । परया मृजया हीनां कृष्णपक्षनिशामिव ॥ ५-१९-१७
Stricken with grief caused by separation from her husband, she appeared like a river gone thin and dry, not fit for ablution, like a night during dark fortnight of the month deprived of all its glow. ॥ 5-19-17॥
english translation
patizokAturAM zuSkAM nadIM visrAvitAmiva । parayA mRjayA hInAM kRSNapakSanizAmiva ॥ 5-19-17
hk transliteration by Sanscript