He looked like the Ashoka tree, at the end of winter, covered with bunches of red flowers or, O king, like the Kinshuka tree when laden with flowers.
हेमन्तान्तेऽशोक एव रक्तस्तबकमण्डितः। बभौ रामस्तथा राजन् प्रफुल्ल इव किंशुकः॥