Shloka 5.34.15
सीताहनूमद्भाषणम् — Sita Tests the Messenger; Hanuman Offers Reassurance
स्वं परित्यज्य रूपं यः परिव्राजकरूपध्रुत्।जनस्थाने मया दृष्टस्त्वं स एवासि रावणः।।।।
svaṃ parityajya rūpaṃ yaḥ parivrājaka-rūpa-dhṛt |
janasthāne mayā dṛṣṭas tvaṃ sa evāsi rāvaṇaḥ ||
You are that very Rāvaṇa whom I saw in Jana-sthāna—who cast aside his own form and assumed the guise of a wandering mendicant.
"You are the same Ravana who took the guise of a mendicant, giving up your real form and came to Janasthana.
Truth is defended by accurate testimony: Sītā identifies deception by recalling prior wrongdoing, reinforcing satya against false appearances.
Sītā links the visitor to the earlier abduction episode, recalling Rāvaṇa’s mendicant disguise at Jana-sthāna.
Sītā’s steadiness of mind and fidelity to truth—she refuses to be swayed by outward forms.