Chapter 35 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 35.64

विश्वासार्थं तु वैदेहि भर्तुरुक्ता मया गुणाः। अचिरात् त्वामितो देवि राघवो नयिता ध्रुवम्॥ एवं विश्वासिता सीता हेतुभिः शोककर्शिता। उपपत्नैरभिज्ञानैर्दूतं तमधिगच्छति॥

viśvāsārthaṃ tu vaidehi bharturuktā mayā guṇāḥ| acirāt tvāmito devi rāghavo nayitā dhruvam|| evaṃ viśvāsitā sītā hetubhiḥ śokakarśitā| upapatnairabhijñānairdūtaṃ tamadhigacchati||

English Meaning

To create your confidence, O Vaidehi, I have related your lord's accomplishments. And forsooth, you shall soon be taken, O worshipful dame, by Rāghava. Having her confidence formed by these reasonings and various marks, Sītā, worn with grief, took him (for Rāma's messenger).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)