Thereupon Rāvana, with sweet words and gestures, expressed his own desire to Sītā, poorly, deprived of joy, encircled by Rākşasīs and leading the life of an ascetic.
स तां परिवृतां दीनां निरानन्द तपस्विनीम्। साकारैर्मधुरैर्वाक्यैर्त्यदर्शयत रावणः॥