Chapter 49 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 49

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 49.26

आमन्त्रये जनस्थाने कर्णिकारांश्च पुष्पितान्। क्षिप्रं रामाय शंसध्वं सीतां हरति रावणः॥

āmantraye janasthāne karṇikārāṃśca puṣpitān| kṣipraṃ rāmāya śaṃsadhvaṃ sītāṃ harati rāvaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

I invoke this Janasthāna and these flowery Karnikās to tell Rāma that Rāvana has stolen away Sītā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)