Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 17: Śūrpaṇakhā Meets Rāma
Text 3.17.6
सा तु शूर्पणखा नाम दशग्रीवस्य रक्षसः।
भगिनी राममासाद्य ददर्श त्रिदशोपमम्॥
sā tu śūrpaṇakhā nāma daśa-grīvasya rakṣasaḥ
bhaginī rāmam āsādya dadarśa tridaśopamam
sā tu = that; śūrpaṇakhā = Śūrpaṇakhā; nāma = named; daśa-grīvasya = of the ten-headed Rāvaṇa; rakṣasaḥ = rākṣasa; bhaginī = sister; rāmam = Rāma; āsādya dadarśa = saw and approached [Him]; tridaśa-upamam = who resembled a celestial.
That sister of the ten-headed rākṣasa Rāvaṇa named Śūrpaṇakhā saw Rāma who resembled a celestial and approached [Him].1
1 Rāmāyaṇa-bhūṣaṇa: rāmam āsādya dadarśa. rāmaṁ dṛṣṭvā āsasādety arthaḥ. samāna-kartṛkatva-mātre lyap.