Chapter 38 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 38.10

एवमुक्ता हनुमता सीता सुरसुतोपमा। उवाच वचनं मन्दं बाष्पप्रग्रथिताक्षरम्॥

evamuktā hanumatā sītā surasutopamā| uvāca vacanaṃ mandaṃ bāṣpapragrathitākṣaram||

English Meaning

Being thus accosted by Hanumān, Sītā resembling the daughter of a celestial, spoke, gently, words with their letters strung on the vapour of grief,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)