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[Ravana carries away Sita-- Sita calls out for Rama and Lakshmana again and again.]

सा तु ताराधिपमुखी रावणेन समीक्ष्य तम्।

गृध्रराजं विनिहतं विललाप सुदुःखिता।।3.52.1।।

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ताराधिपमुखी with Moonlike face, सा तु that Sita, रावणेन by Ravana, विनिहतम् struck down, तं गृध्रराजम् king of the birds, समीक्ष्य seeing, सुदुःखिता very much agonised, विललाप wept.

Sita,whose face was like the lord of the stars (Moon), saw Jatayu, king of birds, struck down by Ravana, and lamented in extreme grif :