Chapter 28 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 28.1

सा राक्षसेन्द्रस्य वचो निशम्य तद् रावणस्य प्रियमप्रियार्ता। सीता वितत्रास यथा वनान्ते सिंहाभिपन्ना गजराजकन्या॥

sā rākṣasendrasya vaco niśamya tad rāvaṇasya priyamapriyārtā| sītā vitatrāsa yathā vanānte siṃhābhipannā gajarājakanyā||

English Meaning

Hearing those unpleasant words of Rāvana, the lord of Rāksasas, Sītā, racked with sorrow on account of her husband, became terrified, like to a she-elephant, worsted by a lion on the skirt of a forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)