Chapter 57 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 57.15

न मेऽस्ति संशयो वीर सर्वथा जनकात्मजा ॥ विनष्टा भक्षिता वापि राक्षसैर्वनचारिभिः।

na me'sti saṃśayo vīra sarvathā janakātmajā || vinaṣṭā bhakṣitā vāpi rākṣasairvanacāribhiḥ|

English Meaning

I make no doubt, O hero, but that Janaka's daughter has either been slain or devoured by Rākṣasas ranging the forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)