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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.44.11

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 44: Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise. He approaches Sītā with Vedic words and praise of her beauty, she receives him as a brāhmaṇa guest

In the sequence: concealing his intention behind the disguise, he approaches Sītā as she sits grieving in the hut

3.44.11

śubhāṃ ruciradantauṣṭhīṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanām
āsīnāṃ parṇaśālāyāṃ bāṣpaśokābhipīḍitām

lovely, with beautiful teeth and lips, her face like the full moon, seated in the leaf-hut, tormented by tears and grief.

Words: śubhāṃ — lovely; ruciradantauṣṭhīṃ — with lovely teeth and lips; pūrṇacandranibhānanām — her face like the full moon; āsīnāṃ — seated; parṇaśālāyāṃ — in the leaf-hut; bāṣpaśokābhipīḍitām — tormented by tears and grief

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.