Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 54: Rāvaṇa Brings Sītā to Laṅkā
Text 3.54.1
ह्रियमाणा तु वैदेही कञ्चिन्नाथमपश्यती।
ददर्श गिरिशृङ्गस्थान्पञ्च वानरपुङ्गवान्॥
hriyamāṇā tu vaidehī kañcin nātham apaśyatī
dadarśa giri-śṛṅga-sthān pañca-vānara-puṅgavān
hriyamāṇā = when was being carried away; tu = but; vaidehī = Vaidehī; kañcit = anyone; nātham = who could protect her; apaśyatī = she didn’t notice; dadarśa = she saw; giri-śṛṅgasthān = on a mountain peak; pañca = five; vānara-puṅgavān = great monkeys.
When Vaidehī was being carried away, she didn’t notice anyone who could protect her. But she saw five great monkeys on a mountain peak.
This chapter describes how Rāvaṇa then placed Sītā-devī in Aśoka-vana.