Chapter 42 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 42.13

न च तं जानकी सीता हरि हरिणलोचना। अस्माभिर्बहुधा पृष्टा निवेदयितुमिच्छति॥

na ca taṃ jānakī sītā hari hariṇalocanā| asmābhirbahudhā pṛṣṭā nivedayitumicchati||

English Meaning

Nor, albeit questioned by us many a time and oft, dose Janaka's daughter, Sītā, having the eyes of a deer, intend to tell us who the monkey is.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)