Chapter 3 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 3.29

ततस्तु हनुमान् वीरस्तां दृष्ट्वा विनिपातितम्। कृपां चकार तेजस्वी मन्यमानः स्त्रियं च ताम्॥

tatastu hanumān vīrastāṃ dṛṣṭvā vinipātitam| kṛpāṃ cakāra tejasvī manyamānaḥ striyaṃ ca tām||

English Meaning

And the energetic and heroic Hanumān, seeing her measure her length, in consideration of her being a female, was filled with compassion.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)