Leaping down to the enclosure of the Ashoka grove and watching the loveliness of the grove from the top of the wall, Hanuman enters the grove and leaping from tree to tree in the course of his search for Sita, catches sight of an Ashoka tree. Espying a stream running beside it and expecting that Sita might turn up on the bank of the stream to say her Sandhya prayers, he takes up his position on that Ashoka tree, hiding himself behind its leafy boughs.Recitation: 00: 00 - 09:05Translation: 09:09 - 20:21

Sundarakanda Sarga 15, "Hanuman sees Seetha", Book 5 Canto 15

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