Chapter 19 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 19.12

गृहीतां लाडितां स्तम्भे यूथपेन विनाकृताम्। निःश्वसन्ती सुदुःखात गजराजवधूमिव ॥

gṛhītāṃ lāḍitāṃ stambhe yūthapena vinākṛtām| niḥśvasantī suduḥkhāta gajarājavadhūmiva ||

English Meaning

And she like the daughter-in-law of the lord of elephants, caught, separated from her band and tied to a pillar, was overwhelmed with grief and was sighing again and again.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)