Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 56: Sītā is Taken to Aśoka-vana
Text 3.57.28
वचनादेव तास्तस्य सुघोरा राक्षसीगणाः।
कृतप्राञ्जलयो भूत्वा मैथिलीं पर्यवारयन्॥
vacanād eva tās tasya sughorā rākṣasī-gaṇāḥ
kṛta-prāñjalayo bhūtvā maithilīṁ paryavārayan
vacanāt = said this; eva = as soon as; tāḥ = those; tasya = he; sughorāḥ = very terrible; rākṣasī-gaṇāḥ = rākṣasīs; kṛta-prāñjalayaḥ bhūtvā = joined their palms in supplication and; maithilīm = Maithilī; paryavārayan = surrounded.
As soon as he said this, those very terrible rākṣasīs joined their palms in supplication and surrounded Maithilī.