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Shloka 5.15.44

अशोकवनिकायां सीतादर्शनम् (Sita Seen in the Ashoka Grove)

तान्यैवेतानि मन्येऽहं यानि रामोऽन्वकीर्तयत्।।5.15.43।।तत्र यान्यवहीनानि तान्यहं नोपलक्षये।यान्यस्या नावहीनानि तानीमानि न संशयः।।5.15.44।।

tāny eva etāni manye ’haṃ yāni rāmo ’nvakīrtayat || 5.15.43 ||

tatra yāny avahīnāni tāny ahaṃ nopalakṣaye |

yāny asyā nāvahīnāni tānīmāni na saṃśayaḥ || 5.15.44 ||

“These must be the same ornaments Rāma described. The ornaments known to have been dropped I do not see here; the ones not dropped are these—there is no 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)

Righteous decision-making depends on truth tested by evidence; Hanumān models responsible certainty.

A numbered repetition/presentation of Hanumān’s certainty about Sītā’s ornaments in the Southern Recension.

Aśaṅkā-rahitatā (freedom from doubt) achieved through careful inquiry.