Chapter 77 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 77

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 77.21

अन्तर्गतमपि व्यक्तमाख्याति हृदयं हृदा। तस्य भूयो विशेषेण मैथिली जनकात्मजा। देवताभिः समा रूपे सीता श्रीरिव रूपिणी॥

antargatamapi vyaktamākhyāti hṛdayaṃ hṛdā| tasya bhūyo viśeṣeṇa maithilī janakātmajā| devatābhiḥ samā rūpe sītā śrīriva rūpiṇī||

English Meaning

And by her own heart, the daughter of Janaka, Mithila's lord, resembling a goddess in grace, and like to Śrī (goddess of wealth) herself in loveliness, completely read his inmost sentiments.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)