Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 54: Rāvaṇa Brings Sītā to Laṅkā
Text 3.54.11
स तु सीतां विवेष्टन्तीमङ्केनादाय रावणः।
प्रविवेश पुरीं लङ्कां रूपिणीं मृत्युमात्मनः॥
sa tu sītāṁ viveṣṭantīm aṅkenādāya rāvaṇaḥ
praviveśa purīṁ laṅkāṁ rūpiṇīṁ mṛtyum ātmanaḥ
saḥ tu1 sītām = Sītā; viveṣṭantīm = the writhing; aṅkena = on his lap; ādāya = held; rāvaṇaḥ = Rāvaṇa; praviveśa = and entered; purīm = the city; laṅkām = of Laṅkā; rūpiṇīm mṛtyum = death personified; ātmanaḥ = his.
Rāvaṇa held the writhing Sītā, his death personified, on his lap and entered the city of Laṅkā.
1 Technical note: saḥ tu rāvaṇaḥ.