Thereat the heroic ranger of the night, Ravana, said to Sita, distressed, sunk in thought, and deprived of her splendour through anxiety,
ध्यायन्ती तामिवास्वस्थां सीतां चिन्ताहतप्रभाम्॥ उवाच वचनं वीरो रावणो रजनीचरः।