Shloka 4.49.3
एकोनपञ्चाशः सर्गः (Sarga 49) — Aṅgada Re-energizes the Southern Search Party
वनानि गिरयो नद्यो दुर्गाणि गहनानि च।दर्यो गिरिगुहाश्चैव विचितानि समन्ततः।।4.49.2।।तत्र तत्र सहास्माभिर्जानकी न च दृश्यते।तद्वा रक्षो हृता येन सीता सुरसुतोपमा।।4.49.3।।
vanāni girayo nadyo durgāṇi gahanāni ca | daryo giriguhāś caiva vicitāni samantataḥ ||
tatra tatra sahāsmābhir jānakī na ca dṛśyate | tad vā rakṣo hṛtā yena sītā surasutopamā ||
We have searched everywhere—forests, mountains, rivers, hard-to-reach strongholds, dense thickets, ravines, and mountain-caves. Yet nowhere do we see Jānakī; nor do we find the rākṣasa by whom Sītā—like a daughter of the gods—was carried off.
'We have searched here, there, everywhere, in dense forests, hills, forts, impenetrable caverns and mountain ranges. But we could find neither Janaki who is like a goddess nor the demon who abducted her.
Satya (truth) in reporting and Dharma in accountability: the searchers honestly declare what has been thoroughly examined and what remains unresolved.
After exhaustive searching across varied terrain, the Vānaras admit they have not found Sītā or her abductor.
Integrity and diligence—meticulous effort followed by truthful acknowledgment of results.