दण्डकारण्यवासिनः residents of Dandaka forest, सर्वे all, ते those, परमर्षयः great seers, सीताम् Sita, परामृष्टाम् abducted, दृष्ट्वा seeing, यदृच्छया that which happened naturally, रावणस्य Ravana's, विनाशं च destruction, प्राप्तम् has come, बुद्ध्वा knowing, प्रहृष्टाः happy, व्यथिताश्च distressed, आसन् became.

All the great seers residing in Dandaka forest felt both happy and sad, happy because the destruction of Ravana is at hand and sad because Sita was in distress.