Chapter 15 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 15.28

तां समीक्ष्य विशालाक्षी राजपुत्रीमनिन्दिताम्। तर्कयामास सीतेति कारणैरुपपादयन्॥।

tāṃ samīkṣya viśālākṣī rājaputrīmaninditām| tarkayāmāsa sīteti kāraṇairupapādayan|||

English Meaning

And beholding that blameless daughter of the king, having expansive eyes, Hanumān, by various reasonings, reflected-“Forsooth she must be Sītā."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)