Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 55: Rāvaṇa Flatters Sītā
Text 3.55.3
स प्रविश्य तु तद्वेश्म रावणो राक्षसाधिपः।
अपश्यद्राक्षसीमध्ये सीतां शोकपरायणाम्॥
sa praviśya tu tad veśma rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ
apaśyad rākṣasī-madhye sītāṁ śoka-parāyaṇām
saḥ = the; praviśya tu = entered; tat veśma = his inner quarters; rāvaṇaḥ = Rāvaṇa; rākṣasa-adhipaḥ = lord of the rākṣasas; apaśyat = and noticed; rākṣasī-madhye = amidst the rākṣasīs; sītām = Sītā; śoka-parāyaṇām = overwhelmed with grief.
Rāvaṇa, the lord of the rākṣasas, entered his inner quarters and noticed Sītā overwhelmed with grief amidst the rākṣasīs.