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THE RAMAYANA
 
व्रीडितां दुःखसंतप्तां परिम्लानां तपस्विनीम् ।
ग्रहेणाङ्गारकेणेव पीडितामिव रोहिणीम् ॥
 
who was shrinking, anguished, fading
and of emaciated body, depressed and
pitiable like the Rohini star overpowered
by the planet Mars;
 
अश्रुपूर्णमुखीं दीनां कृशामनशनेन च ।
शोकध्यानपरां दीनां नित्यं दुःखपरायणाम् ॥
 
who was miserable with a face full of
 
account of want of
meditating on her
wholly absorbed in
 
tears, emaciated on
nourishment, always
own grief and being
 
it.
 
तस्य सन्दिदिहे बुद्धिर्मुहुः सीतां निरीक्ष्य तु ।
आम्नायानामयोगेन विद्यां प्रशिथिलामिव ॥
 
His mind still wavered, though he
repeatedly looked at her, who was like
learning divorced from practice.
 
दुःखेन बुबुधे सीतां हनुमाननलंकृताम् ।
संस्कारेण यथा हीनां वाचमर्थान्तरं गताम् ॥
 
As she was without ornament, Hanuman
made her out with difficulty, like speech