Chapter 34 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 34.16

सा प्रविष्टा ततस्तत्र ददर्श जनकात्मजाम्। प्रतीक्षमाणां स्वामेव भ्रष्टपद्मामिव श्रियम्॥

sā praviṣṭā tatastatra dadarśa janakātmajām| pratīkṣamāṇāṃ svāmeva bhraṣṭapadmāmiva śriyam||

English Meaning

Then, entering there, she saw Janaka's daughter, expecting (her) like a very Sri,, bereft of her lotus.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)