Chapter 23 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 23.16

ततः सीतां समस्तास्ता राक्षस्यो विकृताननाः। परुषं परुषानर्हामूचुस्तद्वाक्यमप्रियम्॥

tataḥ sītāṃ samastāstā rākṣasyo vikṛtānanāḥ| paruṣaṃ paruṣānarhāmūcustadvākyamapriyam||

English Meaning

Thereupon all those Rākşasīs, having terrible faces again and again pursued Sitä with reproaches rough and rude.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)