स तां परिवृतां दीनां निरानन्द तपस्विनीम्। साकारैर्मधुरैर्वाक्यैर्त्यदर्शयत रावणः॥
sa tāṃ parivṛtāṃ dīnāṃ nirānanda tapasvinīm| sākārairmadhurairvākyairtyadarśayata rāvaṇaḥ||
English Meaning
Thereupon Rāvana, with sweet words and gestures, expressed his own desire to Sītā, poorly, deprived of joy, encircled by Rākşasīs and leading the life of an ascetic.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)