Chapter 5 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 5.21

न त्वेव सीतां परमाभिजातां पथि स्थिते राजकुले प्रजाताम् लतां प्रफुल्लामिव साधुजातां ददर्श तन्वीं मनसाभिजाताम्॥

na tveva sītāṃ paramābhijātāṃ pathi sthite rājakule prajātām latāṃ praphullāmiva sādhujātāṃ dadarśa tanvīṃ manasābhijātām||

English Meaning

But Hanumān saw not Sītā, of the highest lineage, ever abiding by the way of righteousness; born in a royal line, like to a delightful and well-begot plant, of a slender frame, sprung from the mind (of Brahmä himself);

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)