तां सीतां शोकभाराता वाल्मीकिर्मुनिपुङ्गवः। उवाच मधुरां वाणी ह्लादयन्निव तेजसा॥
tāṃ sītāṃ śokabhārātā vālmīkirmunipuṅgavaḥ| uvāca madhurāṃ vāṇī hlādayanniva tejasā||
English Meaning
Having gladdened a little the aggrieved Sītā by virtue of his own effulgence of the great ascetic Vālmīki addressed her in following sweet ascents. She did not appear to us to be a woman. Do you receive her duly. She is near the hermitage and so has come to seek your shelter.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)