Chapter 55 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 55.26

ध्यायन्ती तामिवास्वस्थां सीतां चिन्ताहतप्रभाम्॥ उवाच वचनं वीरो रावणो रजनीचरः।

dhyāyantī tāmivāsvasthāṃ sītāṃ cintāhataprabhām|| uvāca vacanaṃ vīro rāvaṇo rajanīcaraḥ|

English Meaning

Thereat the heroic ranger of the night, Ravana, said to Sita, distressed, sunk in thought, and deprived of her splendour through anxiety,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)