Chapter 65 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 65.17

इति मामब्रवीत् सीता कृशाङ्गी धर्मचारिणी। रावणान्तःपुरे रुद्धा मृगीवोत्फुल्ललोचना॥

iti māmabravīt sītā kṛśāṅgī dharmacāriṇī| rāvaṇāntaḥpure ruddhā mṛgīvotphullalocanā||

English Meaning

Thus was I accosted by Sītā, reduced to a skeleton, observing pious observances, shut up in Rāvana's inner apartment and having eyes like those of a hind.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)