Being sundered by him obliquely in a way in which a sacred thread lies on one's own person, the innocent (Sitā) having beautiful countenance fell down on the earth.
यज्ञोपवीतमार्गेण छिन्ना तेन तपस्विनी। सा पृथिव्यां पृथुश्रोणी पपात प्रियदर्शना॥