Chapter 55 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 55.25

एवं वदति तस्मिन् सा वस्त्रान्तेन वराङ्गना॥ पिधायेन्दुनिभं सीता मन्दमश्रूण्यवर्तयत्।

evaṃ vadati tasmin sā vastrāntena varāṅganā|| pidhāyendunibhaṃ sītā mandamaśrūṇyavartayat|

English Meaning

When Rāvana had spoken thus, that best of females Sītā muffling up her moon-like countenance with the ends of her cloth, began to shed gentle tears.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)