Admiring the virtue and propitious bodily marks etc. of Sita, Hanuman grieves at the thought of that lady, for whose sake Khara, Varadha and other ogres were killed, having been reduced to such a sad plight.Recitation: 00:00 - 05:55Translation: 05:59 - 13:57

Sundarakanda Sarga 17, "Hanuman sees Seetha with ogresses", Book 5 Canto 17

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The Ramayana recitation by Sriram-ghanapaathi HariSitaramamurti-ghanapathi is taken from archive.org. The reading is from the English version of Srimad Valmiki Ramayan translation by Gita Press, Gorakhpur, India.