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Shloka 5.15.43

अशोकवनिकायां सीतादर्शनम् (Sita Seen in the Ashoka Grove)

तान्यैवेतानि मन्येऽहं यानि रामोऽन्वकीर्तयत्।।।।तत्र यान्यवहीनानि तान्यहं नोपलक्षये।यान्यस्या नावहीनानि तानीमानि न संशयः।।।।

tāny eva etāni manye ’haṃ yāni rāmo ’nvakīrtayat ||

tatra yāny avahīnāni tāny ahaṃ nopalakṣaye |

yāny asyā nāvahīnāni tānīmāni na saṃśayaḥ ||

“I believe these are indeed the very ornaments Rāma described. Those she had dropped earlier I do not see upon her now; but those she had not dropped—these are here, without doubt.”

"I think these ornaments are the same that were described by Rama. Those dropped (by Sita) are not found on her body. These were not dropped.There is no doubt."

H
Hanumān
R
Rāma
S
Sītā
O
ornaments (ābharaṇa)

Dharma requires certainty grounded in truth: Hanumān refuses to act on partial evidence and seeks doubt-free confirmation.

Hanumān compares what he sees on Sītā with what Rāma had described and with what was known to have been dropped during her abduction.

Satya-vicāra (truth-seeking reflection): the integrity to verify before speaking or intervening.