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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.44.5

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: he wears an ochre robe and hair tuft and carries a parasol, sandals, staff, and water pot

3.44.5

tām apaśyat tato bālāṃ rājaputrīṃ yaśasvinīm
rohiṇīṃ śaśinā hīnāṃ grahavad bhṛśadāruṇaḥ

Then, terrible as a malignant planet, he beheld that young and glorious princess — like the star Rohiṇī bereft of the moon.

Words: tām — her; apaśyat — beheld; tato — then; bālāṃ — young; rājaputrīṃ — princess; yaśasvinīm — glorious; rohiṇīṃ — Rohiṇī (the star); śaśinā — by the moon; hīnāṃ — bereft; grahavad — like a (malignant) planet; bhṛśadāruṇaḥ — exceedingly terrible

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.