Sundara Kanda 19.23
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Sundara Kanda 19 · Verse 23
Sanskrit Original
समीक्षमाणां रुदतीमनिन्दितां सुपक्ष्मताम्रायतशुक्ललोचनाम्। अनुव्रतां राममतीव मैथिलीं प्रलोभयामास वधाय रावणः।।
samīkṣamāṇāṅ rudatīmaninditāṅ supakṣmatāmrāyataśuklalōcanām. anuvratāṅ rāmamatīva maithilīṅ pralōbhayāmāsa vadhāya rāvaṇaḥ৷৷
Blameless Mythili with clear, large eyes and beautiful eyelashes with a reddish tint at the corners was looking around, crying. Ravana tried to allure Sita who was deeply faithful to Rama and threatened to kill her (when he found her unflinching). इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये सुन्दरकाण्डे एकोनविंशस्सर्गः। Thus ends the nineteenth sarga of Sundarakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.