जय श्रीराम!
इतस्ततश्च वैदेहीमन्वेष्टुं भर्तृचोदिताः ।
कपयश्चेरुरार्तस्य रामस्येव मनोरथाः ॥१२.५९॥
Notes: Kālidāsa says," Ordered by their king, Sugrīva, the Vānaras then went in search here and there and everywhere, looking for Sītā, full of anxiety and urgency, much like Śrīrāma himself. "
This part of the story about Sugrīva's detailed instructions, displaying encyclopaedic knowledge of the globe and its human and other habitations with their dangers, is an important part of our Itihāsa. Then there was the anxious period of searching by the Vānaras, and the waiting with extreme anxiety by Śrīrāma and Lakṣmaṇa. This would stir even a stone into much poetic empathy. I don't think anyone ever mounted such an elaborate search operation as the Vānaras did for Sītā. And soon, we shall see how the unparalleled hero Hanumān went about it!
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जय श्रीराम!
