Thereupon he beheld there (Sītā) wearing a soiled cloth, poorly, greatly reduced by fast, sighing again and again and encircled by a band of Räkşasīs. She was (however) spotless like to the rays of the moon on the first lunar day.
ततो मलिनसंवीतां राक्षसीभिः समावृताम्॥ उपवासकृशां दीनां निःश्वसन्ती पुनः पुनः। ददर्श शुक्लपक्षादौ चन्द्ररेखामिवामलाम्॥