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Aranya Kanda Sarga 2 Shloka 16
Original Shloka
सीता प्रवेपतोद्वेगात् प्रावाते कदली यथा।।3.2.15।। तां दृष्ट्वा राघवः सीतां विराधाङ्कगतां शुभाम्। अब्रवील्लक्ष्मणं वाक्यं मुखेन परिशुष्यता।।3.2.16।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

सीता Sita, उद्वेगात् due to anxiety, प्रवाते in strong wind, कदली यथा like a plantain tree, प्रवेपिता was shaken, राघवः Rama, विराधाङ्कगताम् in the lap of Viradha, शुभाम् Sita, the auspicious, ताम् her, दृष्ट्वा on seeing, परिशुष्यता with a parched(pale), मुखेन with face, लक्ष्मणम् to Lakshmana, वाक्यम् these words, अब्रवीत् said.

English Commentary

Seeing the auspicious Sita in the lap of Viradha shaken out of anxiety, like a plantain tree in a strong wind, Rama with his throat parched said to Lakshmana: