Chapter 40 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 40.1

श्रुत्वा तु वचनं तस्य वायुसूनोर्महात्मनः। उवाचात्महितं वाक्यं सीता सुरसुतोपमा॥

śrutvā tu vacanaṃ tasya vāyusūnormahātmanaḥ| uvācātmahitaṃ vākyaṃ sītā surasutopamā||

English Meaning

Hearing the speech of the high-souled offspring of the Wind-god, Sītā resembling a daughter of the celestials, said in words fraught with her welfare.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)