Chapter 25 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 25.1

अथ तासां वदन्तीनां परुषं दारुणं बहु। राक्षसीनामसौम्यानां रुरोद जनकात्मजा ॥

atha tāsāṃ vadantīnāṃ paruṣaṃ dāruṇaṃ bahu| rākṣasīnāmasaumyānāṃ ruroda janakātmajā ||

English Meaning

Those hideous Rākşasīs thus threatening her with reproaches rude and rough, the daughter of the king Janaka began to weep.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)