Kamalatmika Jayanti

 

Mei tirupadam mewu endra podinum

ithiru turandu egu endra podinum

Chithirathin alarnda senthamarai 

Othu irukkum mugathinai unnuwaal

       -  Sundara kaandam - Kamban - kaatchi padalam - 20

Captive Sita rued the memory of his face

Which glowed in stillness - as a resplendent, painted lotus

When he was asked to prepare for coronation, at daybreak

And was banished from kingdom, at nightfall