स वीक्षमाणस्तत्रस्थो मार्गमाणश्च मैथिलीम्। अवेक्षमाणश्च महीं सर्वां तामन्ववैक्षत॥
sa vīkṣamāṇastatrastho mārgamāṇaśca maithilīm| avekṣamāṇaśca mahīṃ sarvāṃ tāmanvavaikṣata||
English Meaning
Having stationed himself on the tree, casting his looks all around in quest of Sītā and looking down on the carth he surveyed the entire forest of (Asoka).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)