Valmiki Ramayana · Sundara Kanda · Sarga 1
अथ वैडूर्यवर्णेषु शाद्वलेषु महाबलः। धीरः सलिलकल्पेषु विचचार यथासुखम्
atha vaiḍūryavarṇeṣu śādvaleṣu mahābalaḥ| dhīraḥ salilakalpeṣu vicacāra yathāsukham
Tawnyhued Hanuman, gifted with extraordinary strength and patience happily strolled on the marshy tracts of grassy land which had the colour of vaidurya.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
Hanuman moves through the landscape with unhurried confidence. His tawny hue (vaiḍūrya-like) connects him to the divine — the cat's eye gem is associated with spiritual clarity. The verse establishes a paradox: the urgency of his mission (finding Sita) contrasted with the calm deliberation of his movements.
वैडूर्यशाद्वलधीर