Chapter 19 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 19.16

समीक्षमाणां रुदतीमनिन्दितां सुपक्ष्मताम्रायतशुक्ललोचनाम्। अनुव्रतां राममतीव मैथिली प्रलोभयामास वधाय रावणः॥

samīkṣamāṇāṃ rudatīmaninditāṃ supakṣmatāmrāyataśuklalocanām| anuvratāṃ rāmamatīva maithilī pralobhayāmāsa vadhāya rāvaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

Beholding that blameless Maithili, having expansive eyes with beautiful eye lashes, greatly attached to Rāma, and weeping Rāvana tempted her for his own destruction.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)