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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.44.9

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

3.44.9

abhavyo bhavyarūpeṇa bhartāram anuśocatīm
abhyavartata vaidehīṃ citrām iva śanaiścaraḥ

The inauspicious one, in an auspicious guise, approached Vaidehī as she grieved for her husband, as Saturn approaches the star Citrā.

Words: abhavyo — the inauspicious one; bhavyarūpeṇa — in an auspicious guise; bhartāram — for her husband; anuśocatīm — grieving; abhyavartata — approached; vaidehīṃ — Vaidehī; citrām — the star Citrā; iva — as; śanaiścaraḥ — Saturn (the slow-mover)

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.