Chapter 21 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 21.1

तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा सीता रौद्रस्य रक्षसः। आर्ता दीनस्वरा दीनं प्रत्युवाच ततः शनैः॥

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā sītā raudrasya rakṣasaḥ| ārtā dīnasvarā dīnaṃ pratyuvāca tataḥ śanaiḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing those words of that terrible Rākşasa, Sītā, stricken with grief and of feeble voice, slowly replied.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)