तमारुह्य च पश्यामि काञ्चनं कदलीवनम्। अदूराच्छिंशपावृक्षात् पश्यामि वरवर्णिनीम्॥ श्यामां कमलपत्राक्षीमुपवासकृशाननाम्। तदेकवासः संवीतां रजोध्वस्तशिरोरुहाम्॥ शोकसंतापदीनाङ्गी सीतां भर्तृहिते स्थिताम्। राक्षसीभिर्विरूपाभिः क्रूराभिरभिसंवृताम्॥ मांसशोणितभक्ष्याभिघ्रीभिहरिणीं यथा।
tamāruhya ca paśyāmi kāñcanaṃ kadalīvanam| adūrācchiṃśapāvṛkṣāt paśyāmi varavarṇinīm|| śyāmāṃ kamalapatrākṣīmupavāsakṛśānanām| tadekavāsaḥ saṃvītāṃ rajodhvastaśiroruhām|| śokasaṃtāpadīnāṅgī sītāṃ bhartṛhite sthitām| rākṣasībhirvirūpābhiḥ krūrābhirabhisaṃvṛtām|| māṃsaśoṇitabhakṣyābhighrībhihariṇīṃ yathā|
English Meaning
Ascending the tree, I saw a golden tract of plantains; and hard by from the Sinsapā tree I espied that transcendentally beautiful one, darkblue, having eyes resembling lotus-petals, with her face faded in consequence of fasting, clad in the same single piece of cloth, her hair covered with dust, her limbs emaciated by the heat of sorrow and grief, Sita, ever engaged in the welfare of her lord; surrounded by cruel and deformed Rākṣasī living upon blood and flesh, like to deer environed by tigresses.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)