Chapter 17 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 17.16

स्कन्धवन्तमुपासीनाः परिवार्य वनस्पतिम्। तस्याधस्ताच्च तां देवीं राजपुत्रीमनिन्दिताम्॥ लक्षयामास लक्ष्मीवान् हनूमाञ्जनकात्मजाम्। निष्प्रभां शोकसंतप्तां मलसंकुलमूर्धजाम्॥

skandhavantamupāsīnāḥ parivārya vanaspatim| tasyādhastācca tāṃ devīṃ rājaputrīmaninditām|| lakṣayāmāsa lakṣmīvān hanūmāñjanakātmajām| niṣprabhāṃ śokasaṃtaptāṃ malasaṃkulamūrdhajām||

English Meaning

And that foremost of monkeys found all these grim-visaged Rākşasīs seated around that mighty tree enveloped with branches. And the graceful Hanuman observed at the foot of that tree that worshipful and blameless daughter of the king Janaka. She was bereft of all effulgence, racked with grief and all her hairs were soiled with dirt. no

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)