Valmiki Ramayana Sundara Kanda Sarga 21 Shloka 2
Original Shlokaदुःखार्ता रुदती सीता वेपमाना तपस्विनी। चिन्तयन्ती वरारोहा पतिमेव पतिव्रता।।5.21.2।। तृणमन्तरतः कृत्वा प्रत्युवाच शुचिस्मिता।
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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.