तत्राहं सर्वरात्रं तु विचरञ्जनकात्मजाम्। रावणान्त:पुरगतो न चापश्यं सुमध्यमाम्॥ ततः सीतामपश्यंस्तु रावणस्य निवेशने। शोकसागरमासाद्य न पारमुपलक्षये।।५३ ।
tatrāhaṃ sarvarātraṃ tu vicarañjanakātmajām| rāvaṇānta:puragato na cāpaśyaṃ sumadhyamām|| tataḥ sītāmapaśyaṃstu rāvaṇasya niveśane| śokasāgaramāsādya na pāramupalakṣaye||53 |
English Meaning
There I wandered all the night (seeking for Janaka's daughter) and (at length) entered Rāvana's inner apartment; but that one of a Deity waist I found not. And not finding Sītā in Ravana's abode, I was cast in a sea of sorrow; nor found I how to cross over it.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)