Sanskrit · DevanagariComplete modern digital transcription ↗
सखीव दासीव मनोरमापि प्रिय प्रियाण्येव निरन्तराणि । प्रदर्शयन्ती निजचेष्टितैस्सा जहारहृद्याहृदयं प्रियस्य ॥ २२॥
IAST
sakhīva dāsīva manoramāpi priya priyāṇyeva nirantarāṇi | pradarśayantī nijaceṣṭitaissā jahārahṛdyāhṛdayaṃ priyasya || 22||
English
Enchanting Sītā acted now like a sakhī and now like a devoted servant, continually revealing only what pleased her beloved through her own gestures; irresistible, she stole his heart.