Chapter 65 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 65.7

तत्र सीता मया दृष्टा रावणान्तः पुरे सती॥ त्वयि संन्यस्य जीवन्ती रामा राम मनोरथम्। दृष्टा मे राक्षसीमध्ये तय॑माना मुहुर्मुहुः॥ राक्षसीभिर्विरूपाभी रक्षिता प्रमदावने।

tatra sītā mayā dṛṣṭā rāvaṇāntaḥ pure satī|| tvayi saṃnyasya jīvantī rāmā rāma manoratham| dṛṣṭā me rākṣasīmadhye taya̭mānā muhurmuhuḥ|| rākṣasībhirvirūpābhī rakṣitā pramadāvane|

English Meaning

And I saw there Sītā, in the inner appartment of Ravana. Centring all her thoughts in you, breathes that damsel, O Rama. I saw her reviled by the she demons again and again. She is being guarded in that garden by the grim-visaged Raksasis.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)