Shloka 5.58.55
सुन्दरकाण्डे अष्टपञ्चाशः सर्गः — हनुमद्वृत्तान्तकथनम्, सीताभिज्ञान-प्रदानम्, लङ्कादाह-वर्णनम्
अदूरे शिंशुपावृक्षात्पश्यामि वरवर्णिनीम्।।।।श्यामां कमलपत्राक्षीमुपवासकृशाननाम्।तदेकवासस्संवीतां रजोध्वस्तशिरोरुहाम्।।।।शोकसन्तापदीनाङ्गीं सीतां भर्तृहिते स्थिताम्।राक्षसीभिर्विरूपाभिः क्रूराभिरभिसंवृताम्।।।।मांसशोणितभक्षाभिर्व्याघ्रीभिर्हरिणीमिव।
adūre śiṃśupā-vṛkṣāt paśyāmi vara-varṇinīm |
śyāmāṃ kamala-patrākṣīm upavāsa-kṛśānanām |
tad-eka-vāsaḥ-saṃvītāṃ rajo-dhvasta-śiroruhām |
śoka-santāpa-dīnāṅgīṃ sītāṃ bhartṛ-hite sthitām |
rākṣasībhir virūpābhiḥ krūrābhir abhisaṃvṛtām |
māṃsa-śoṇita-bhakṣābhir vyāghrībhir hariṇīm iva ||
Not far from the śiṃśupā tree I saw Sītā, fair in her natural beauty—dark-hued, lotus-petalled in her eyes, her face made thin by fasting. Clad in a single garment, her hair was soiled with dust. Her limbs were worn by grief and burning anguish, yet she stood intent on her husband’s good; and she was encircled by hideous, cruel rākṣasī women, eaters of flesh and blood, like a doe surrounded by tigresses.
"Not far from the Simsupa tree I saw beautiful Sita, of dark complexion, with eyes like lotus petals, whose face was emaciated due to fasting, wearing only a single sari (the same one since her abduction) her locks filled with dust, pathetic looking, immersed in sorrow, meditating on her husband seated like a doe encircled by tigresses, surrounded by ugly and cruel she-demons fed on flesh and blood.
Fidelity to dharma under coercion: Sītā’s steadfastness—despite fear, deprivation, and threats—embodies satya and unwavering marital righteousness.
From his vantage point in the Aśoka grove, Hanumān finally sees Sītā, weakened by fasting and grief, surrounded and guarded by cruel rākṣasīs.
Sītā’s dhairya (fortitude) and satya-niṣṭhā (commitment to truth and fidelity), shown by enduring suffering without abandoning righteousness.