जय श्रीराम!
तस्यै भर्तुरभिज्ञानमङ्गुलीयं ददौ कपिः । प्रत्युद्गतमिवानुष्णैस्तदानन्दाश्रुबिन्दुभिः ॥१२.६२॥
Notes: Kālidāsa says," Hanumān handed over to Sītā the ring sent by Śrīrāma as a mark of his credentials, and the ring shone in Sītā's palm drenched by her tears of joy remembering her Lord."
What a moment. Imagine Sītā, brought up in the environs of luxury and affection in Janaka's palace. She marries the greatest warrior ever, the epitome of righteousness, in a wedding watched by the gods. Then his stepmother exiles them to the forest for fourteen years. They are surviving somehow, mainly taking sustenance from each other's love, when their idyll is destroyed by Rākṣasas... Then she is abducted by Rāvaṇa, and imprisoned in Laṅkā for not yielding to his advances! In the middle of the ocean, held captive by Mr. Invincible and the Grand Master of Evil. Then a little monkey comes and gives her hope of being rescued by her beloved husband... never mind that he has no army or royal resources, but merely the friendship of monkeys in the forest.
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जय श्रीराम!
