As his tension was released after locating Seetha, Hanuman relaxed and looked up where he noticed the moon with a peaceful rise, with the radiance equaling that of a group of lotuses. That moon with a peaceful glow served Hanuman with cool rays as though soothing him. Hanuman then looked down at Seetha whose face looked like a full moon. She seemed downtrodden by the weight of grief, like a ship sinking down in water due to excess weight.
Hanuman tried to see Seetha completely but could not because the nearby rakshashis with horrible appearances (some with one eye, some with a single ear, some with ears as covering, some with conch shell like ears, some with fattened nose up to head, some with lean and long neck, some with disheveled hair and also some without any hair, some with blanket like hair, some with hanging stomach and breasts, some with hanging face, one with lips at chin, one with hanging knees, some short, some tall, a hunch backed one, some who were distorted, a dwarf one and also one with high teeth and one with crooked mouth, one with green eyes and some with horrible faces, etc.) were encircling her and preventing a clear vision for Hanuman.
Hanuman noticed that some of the horrible rakshashis were dark complexioned, some were angry ones, some seemed to like quarrels, some wearing big darts, mallets or clubs of iron, some were with faces like those of pigs, deer, tigers, buffaloes, goats and vixens, some were with feet like those of elephants, camels and horses, some were with heads sunk into bodies, some were with single hand and single foot, some whose ears were like that of donkeys, horses, cows, elephants or monkeys, some others without nose, some were with horizontal nose, crooked nose, elephant-like nose and toes with nose fixed in forehead, some were with feet like those of elephant, some were with big feet, some were with feet like that of a cow, some with hair on their feet, some with big heads and necks, some with big nipples and big stomach, some with big eyes and mouths, some with long tongues and nails, some with a face like that of a she-goat, some with elephant like face, some with a face like that of a cow, she-pig, horse, camel or donkey, some with horrible appearance carrying pikes and clubs in their hand, angry ones, some who like quarrels, some with high teeth, with hair color like that of smoke, with horrible faces, always drinking liquor, always desiring meat and liquor, some with body smeared by meat and blood, some with meat and blood as food, some whose appearance made hair to stand up, sitting around a great tree with a huge trunk.
Hanuman saw that the lackluster Seetha was being tormented by grief, with hair covered by dirt, with merits exhausted, like a star fallen from heaven onto the ground. She was rich with the fame of lofty character, poor due to not seeing her husband, lacking excellent ornaments and missing husband's love. Being held captive by Ravana, without any relatives, she was like a she-elephant without herd, being detained by a lion.
She was like the moon being covered by clouds at the end of the rainy season. Her appearance was lacking luster due to lack of contact with her husband. She also looked like an idle Veena covered by dust. Hanuman saw Seetha whose mind was completely synchronized with her husband, in the custody of the rakshsashis, in the middle of that Ashoka garden, immersed in an ocean of grief. Hanuman saw Seetha there surrounded by those rakshashis, like Rohini with planets and like a creeper without flowers. With body smeared with dirt, Seetha, like a lotus-fiber covered with dirt seemed shining without being actually shining.
Hanuman saw the most beautiful Seetha with black eyes, covered by a cloth which was creased and dirty, with the eyes of a deer, with a pitiful face, but not depressed due to the brilliance of her husband and protected by her own character. Hanuman became happy on seeing Seetha with the eyes of a fawn and fearful like a she-deer. Hanuman on seeing Seetha looking like the goddess earth, with well defined body parts shining even without ornaments, derived great joy.
Hanuman on seeing Seetha there with intoxicating eyes shed tears of joy and paid obeisance to Rama and to Lakshmana. He then hid himself with leaves covering him completely thereby dwindling the possibility of being located.
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