Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 56: Sītā is Taken to Aśoka-vana
Text 3.57.35
शोकेन महता ग्रस्ता मैथिली जनकात्मजा।
न शर्म लभते भीरुः पाशबद्धा मृगी यथा॥
śokena mahatā grastā maithilī janaka-ātmajā
na śarma labhate bhīruḥ pāśa-baddhā mṛgī yathā
śokena = distress; mahatā = by great; grastā = was seized; maithilī = Maithilī; janaka-ātmajā = daughter of King Janaka; na = not; śarma = [any] happiness; labhate = did find; bhīruḥ = the timid; pāśa-baddhā = bound by ropes; mṛgī = a doe; yathā = like.
Like a doe bound by ropes, Maithilī was seized by great distress. The timid daughter of King Janaka did not find [any] happiness.