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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.50.2

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again. He tears her from the trees and resumes the flight, flowers and ornaments fall while the landscape shares her distress

In the sequence: With Jaṭāyu lying near death, Sītā cries for Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa and wonders whether the disturbed animals will alert them

3.50.2

sā tu tārādhipamukhī rāvaṇena samīkṣya tam
gṛdhrarājaṃ vinihataṃ vilalāpa suduḥkhitā

But she of the moon-like face, seeing the vulture-king struck down by Rāvaṇa, lamented in deep grief.

Words: sā — she; tu — but; tārādhipamukhī — moon-faced (face like the lord of stars); rāvaṇena — by Rāvaṇa; samīkṣya — having seen; tam — him; gṛdhrarājaṃ — the vulture-king; vinihataṃ — struck down, slain; vilalāpa — lamented, wailed; suduḥkhitā — deeply grieved

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.