सीतां तु रुदतीं दृष्ट्वा ते तत्र मुनिदारकाः। प्राद्रवन्यत्र भगवानास्ते वाल्मीकिरुनधीः॥ अभिवाद्यः मुनेः पादौ मुनिपुत्रा महर्षये। सर्वे निवेदयामासुस्तस्यास्तु रुदितस्वनम्॥
sītāṃ tu rudatīṃ dṛṣṭvā te tatra munidārakāḥ| prādravanyatra bhagavānāste vālmīkirunadhīḥ|| abhivādyaḥ muneḥ pādau muniputrā maharṣaye| sarve nivedayāmāsustasyāstu ruditasvanam||
English Meaning
Beholding Sītā thus wailing, the sons of the Rşis there speedily approached the great Vālmīki, well-established in asceticism. And saluting him they all communicated to him Sītā's bewailing and said.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)