(And I beheld there) in the Asoka forest of the vicious-souled Rāvana, at the foot of a ſingśapā tree, the chaste Sītā waiting very poorly.
अशोकवनिकामध्ये रावणस्य दुरात्मनः। अधस्ताच्छिशपामूले साध्वी करुणमास्थिता॥