Chapter 59 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 59.17

दिष्ट्या जीवति सीतेति ह्यब्रुवन् मां महर्षयः। कथंचित् सकलत्रोऽसौ गतस्ते स्वस्त्यसंशयम्॥

diṣṭyā jīvati sīteti hyabruvan māṃ maharṣayaḥ| kathaṃcit sakalatro'sau gataste svastyasaṃśayam||

English Meaning

And the Maharsis said to me,-By luck it is that Sītā is still living' — he together with a female, having passed by you, certainly augurs good fortune to you. 1. The commentator supplies the elipsis thus,-Coming within your ken by fuck, Sītā is living. 2. The passage is obscure. The commentator has glossed over this sloka, and the meaning is lone the clear for his explanation.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)