Sanskrit · DevanagariComplete modern digital transcription ↗
अग्नेस्त्वं गर्भभूतासि जातरूपं तु तस्य त्विट् । कथमङ्गोपमानं स्याद्गौराङ्गी तव जानकि ॥ २१॥
IAST
agnestvaṃ garbhabhūtāsi jātarūpaṃ tu tasya tviṭ | kathamaṅgopamānaṃ syādgaurāṅgī tava jānaki || 21||
English
You are the very inner essence of fire, while gold is only its radiance. O fair-limbed Jānakī, how then could gold serve as a comparison for your body?