Chapter 81 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 81

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 81.11

तां निरीक्ष्य मुहूर्तं तु मैथिलीमध्यवस्य च। बभूवाचिरदृष्टा हि तेन सा जनकात्मजा॥

tāṃ nirīkṣya muhūrtaṃ tu maithilīmadhyavasya ca| babhūvāciradṛṣṭā hi tena sā janakātmajā||

English Meaning

That daughter of Janaka, was not seen by him for a long time. And beholding her and deciding instantly that she is the daughter of Mithilā, (he became greatly sorry).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)