Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 56: Sītā is Taken to Aśoka-vana
Text 3.57.32
इति प्रतिसमादिष्टा राक्षस्यो रावणेन ताः।
अशोकवनिकां जग्मुर्मैथिलीं प्रतिगृह्य तु॥
iti pratisamādiṣṭā rākṣasyo rāvaṇena tāḥ
aśoka-vanikāṁ jagmur maithilīṁ pratigṛhya tu
iti = in this manner; pratisamādiṣṭā = commanded; rākṣasyaḥ = the rākṣasīs; rāvaṇena = when Rāvaṇa; tāḥ = them; aśoka-vanikām = to Aśoka-vana; jagmuḥ = and went; maithilīm = Maithilī; pratigṛhya tu = seized.
When Rāvaṇa commanded them in this manner, the rākṣasīs seized Maithilī and went to Aśoka-vana.