Keen to hear of Sita&#39;s identity from her own lips, even though he had identified her, Hanuman inquires of her whether she was a goddess or anyone else and asks her to disclose her identity in case she was Sita. In reply to this query Sita narrates to him her whole life-story ending with her abduction by Ravana nd tells him how Ravana was going to kill her two months later, and how in this event of her not being delivered from his clutches before that, she has resolved to end her life by herself.Recitation: 00:00 - 05:37Translation: 05:43 - 13:22

Sundarakanda Sarga 34, "Hanuman reveals himself to be a messenger_of_Rama", Book 5 Canto 34.

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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.