Chapter 81 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 81

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 81.28

यज्ञोपवीतमार्गेण छिन्ना तेन तपस्विनी। सा पृथिव्यां पृथुश्रोणी पपात प्रियदर्शना॥

yajñopavītamārgeṇa chinnā tena tapasvinī| sā pṛthivyāṃ pṛthuśroṇī papāta priyadarśanā||

English Meaning

Being sundered by him obliquely in a way in which a sacred thread lies on one's own person, the innocent (Sitā) having beautiful countenance fell down on the earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)