Chapter 54 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 54.12

तत्र तामसितापाङ्गी शोकमोहसमन्विताम्॥ निदधे रावणः सीतां मयो मायामिवासुरीम्।

tatra tāmasitāpāṅgī śokamohasamanvitām|| nidadhe rāvaṇaḥ sītāṃ mayo māyāmivāsurīm|

English Meaning

Then Rāvana set Sītā there, having eyes with dark outer corners, exercised with grief and dole; as if Máyā had set his own Asura Illusion (in his own palace).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)