Chapter 2 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 2.8

तां दृष्ट्वा राघवः सीतां विराधाङ्कगतां शुभाम्। अब्रवील्लक्ष्मणं वाक्यं मुखेन परिशुष्यता ॥

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā rāghavaḥ sītāṃ virādhāṅkagatāṃ śubhām| abravīllakṣmaṇaṃ vākyaṃ mukhena pariśuṣyatā ||

English Meaning

Seeing the graceful Sītā on the waist of Virādha, Rāghava with a blank countenance said to Laksmana,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)