Chapter 23 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 23.31

ततस्तां शिंशपां सीता राक्षसीभिः समावृता। अभिगम्य विशालाक्षी तस्थौ शोकपरिप्लुता॥ तां कृशां दीनवदनां मलिनाम्बरवासिनीम्। भर्त्सयांचक्रिरे भीमा राक्षस्यस्ताः समन्ततः॥

tatastāṃ śiṃśapāṃ sītā rākṣasībhiḥ samāvṛtā| abhigamya viśālākṣī tasthau śokapariplutā|| tāṃ kṛśāṃ dīnavadanāṃ malināmbaravāsinīm| bhartsayāṃcakrire bhīmā rākṣasyastāḥ samantataḥ||

English Meaning

The large eyed Sītā, encircled by the Rākşasīs, remained there sunk in grief. And all those hideous demons, showered reproaches, from all sides, on her, greatly reduced, of a poorly countenance, and wearing a soiled cloth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)