नैऋतानामधिपतिः संविवेश महाबलः। ततो दीनामदीनाहाँ ददर्श धनदानुजः॥ अधोमुखी शोकपरामुपविष्टां महीतले। भर्तारं समनुध्यान्तीमशोकवनिकां गताम्॥ उपास्यमानां घोराभी राक्षसीभिरदूरतः। उपसृत्य ततः सीतां प्रहर्ष नाम कीर्तयन्॥ इदं च वचनं धृष्टमुवाच जनकात्मजाम्।
naiṛtānāmadhipatiḥ saṃviveśa mahābalaḥ| tato dīnāmadīnāhā~ dadarśa dhanadānujaḥ|| adhomukhī śokaparāmupaviṣṭāṃ mahītale| bhartāraṃ samanudhyāntīmaśokavanikāṃ gatām|| upāsyamānāṃ ghorābhī rākṣasībhiradūrataḥ| upasṛtya tataḥ sītāṃ praharṣa nāma kīrtayan|| idaṃ ca vacanaṃ dhṛṣṭamuvāca janakātmajām|
English Meaning
Then the exceedingly powerful lord of the Naiſtas, the younger brother of the Dispenser of riches, entered (into that place) and saw (there Sitā) distressed, albeit unworthy of distress, with her head hung down, overwhelmed with woe, sitting on the ground, staying at the aśoka woods, engaged in the contemplation of her lord, conciliated by dreadful Räkşasis remaining near. then, drawing near Sita, Ravana, proclaiming his exultation, said these haughty words to the daughter of Janaka.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)