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Sundara Kanda Sarga 21 Shloka 2
Original Shloka
दुःखार्ता रुदती सीता वेपमाना तपस्विनी। चिन्तयन्ती वरारोहा पतिमेव पतिव्रता।।5.21.2।। तृणमन्तरतः कृत्वा प्रत्युवाच शुचिस्मिता।
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Translations & Commentary

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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

दुःखार्ता afflicted by grief, तपस्विनी ascetic, वरारोहा a lady of beautiful hips, पतिव्रता chaste woman, पतिमेव only husband, चिन्तयन्ती thinking of, शुचिस्मिता with a gentle smile, सीता Sita, रुदती sobbing, वेपमाना trembling, तृणम् a blade of grass, अन्तरतः between (Ravana and her), कृत्वा placed, प्रत्युवाच replied.

English Commentary

Sita, austere, beautiful and chaste afflicted by grief kept sobbing. Brooding over her husband and trembling in fear, she placed a blade of grass in between her and Ravana and replied with a gentle smile on her face.