Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 55: Rāvaṇa Flatters Sītā
Text 3.55.5
मृगयूथपरिभ्रष्टां मृगीं श्वभिरिवावृताम्।
अधोमुखमुखीं सीतामभ्येत्य च निशाचरः॥
mṛga-yūtha-paribhraṣṭāṁ mṛgīṁ śvabhir ivāvṛtām
adho-mukha-mukhīṁ sītām abhyetya ca niśācaraḥ
mṛga-yūtha-paribhraṣṭām = which had been separated from a herd of deer; mṛgīm = a doe; śvabhiḥ = by dogs; iva = she resembled; āvṛtām = and which was [then] surrounded; adhaḥ-mukha-mukhīm = her face was downcast 1; sītām = Sītā was; abhyetya ca = approached; niśācaraḥ = the night-ranger.
The night-ranger approached Sītā. She resembled a doe which had been separated from a herd of deer and which was [then] surrounded by dogs. Her face was downcast.