Like unto servants waiting upon a wealthy person various auspicious
omens waited upon Sita of a blameless and comely person, racked with
grief and divested of joy. And the large left eye of that dame having
graceful hairs, having dark pupils, white ends and thick eye-lashes,
began to dance like a lotus shaken by a fish. And her beautiful, round,
plump left hand, which, ere this, sprinkled with costly _aguru_ and
sandal, used to serve for a pillow unto Rama, began to dance now again
and again after a long time. And her well built plump left thigh,
resembling the trunk of an elephant, dancing, announced that she would
soon behold Rama. And the gold-hued cloth, now covered with dust, of
that damsel of a comely person, having teeth like pomegranate seeds,
slipped a little off its place. And being enlivened by those and various
other auspicious omens, she attained joy like unto a seed, spoiled by
the wind and the sun, growing afresh in the rainy season. And her
countenance, having lips red as _Bimba_ fruits, beautiful eyes,
eye-brows extending to ears, curling eye-lashes and white teeth, again
appeared graceful like unto the Moon released from the full grasp of
_Rahu_.[340] Her grief and exhaustion were removed--sorrow was pacified
and her heart was filled with joy. And she with her countenance appeared
beautiful like a lunar night beautified by the rays of the Moon.
[340] Like the Moon when full eclipse is just over--In mythology Rahu is
the son of Sinika, a daitya, with the tail of a dragon whose head
was severed from his body by Vishnu, but being immortal this head
and tail retained their separate existence and being transferred
to the stellar sphere, became the authors of eclipses.--T,