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[Sita ridicules Ravana-- not willing to reply directly speaks to a blade of grass about Rama's might and Ravana's destruction-- Ravana sends Sita to Asoka garden.]

sā tathōktā tu vaidēhī nirbhayā śōkakarśitā.

tṛṇamantarataḥ kṛtvā rāvaṇaṅ pratyabhāṣata৷৷3.56.1৷৷

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tathā thus, uktā having addressed, śōkakarśitā sunk in deep sorrow, sā vaidēhī that Sita, princess from Videha, nirbhayā unafraid , tṛṇam blade of grass, antarataḥ between him and her, kṛtvā placed, rāvaṇam Ravana, pratyabhāṣata replied.

Thus addressed by Ravana, Sita, immersed in deep sorrow and unafraid of him, placed a blade of grass between her and him (intending not to speak to him straight) and replied: