Hanuman determined to find Seetha, went towards the houses made of plant creepers, art houses, and nocturnal houses but did not see her. He then pondered "With the best of my efforts I could not locate Seetha. It looks that she is no more. She must have been killed by the king of these Rakshasas who performs such evil deeds without any second thought. He must have killed her in a fury as she did not agree to his wish. May be that daughter of the King Janaka died of fear.
"Without seeing Seetha, I do not have any face to go near Sugreeva. All the inner city have been seen. Women of Ravana have been seen. But no dice so far. How can I face the other vanaras and Jambavan?
"They say that non-depression is the root of development. Absence of despondency is the greatest comfort. Self reliance always is indeed the promoter in all matters. Whatever action one does that action is made to be successful by non-depression. For that reason I will continue my effort together with non-depression. I will search all those regions ruled by Ravana not yet seen by me. Bars have been searched; in the same way flower houses, art houses have been searched, and pleasure houses, pathways in the middle of gardens, buildings in all directions have been searched."
"Without seeing Seetha, I do not have any face to go near Sugreeva. All the inner city have been seen. Women of Ravana have been seen. But no dice so far. How can I face the other vanaras and Jambavan?
"They say that non-depression is the root of development. Absence of despondency is the greatest comfort. Self reliance always is indeed the promoter in all matters. Whatever action one does that action is made to be successful by non-depression. For that reason I will continue my effort together with non-depression. I will search all those regions ruled by Ravana not yet seen by me. Bars have been searched; in the same way flower houses, art houses have been searched, and pleasure houses, pathways in the middle of gardens, buildings in all directions have been searched."
Thus thinking Hanuman continued his search in undergrounds, houses at the beginning of street intersections and also small houses faraway from the main houses.
He searched streets between fort walls, platforms together with the intersection of four streets, wells and lakes. Rakshasa women of various forms, with crooked forms and horrific forms were seen in these places but not that Seetha. Vidhyadhara women incomparable by beauty in the world had been seen there by Hanuman, but not Seetha. Naaga women with beautiful buttocks, with faces looking like full moon had been seen by Hanuman there, but not Seetha. Naaga women who had been stolen forcefully, were seen there by Hanuman, but not that Seetha.
He searched streets between fort walls, platforms together with the intersection of four streets, wells and lakes. Rakshasa women of various forms, with crooked forms and horrific forms were seen in these places but not that Seetha. Vidhyadhara women incomparable by beauty in the world had been seen there by Hanuman, but not Seetha. Naaga women with beautiful buttocks, with faces looking like full moon had been seen by Hanuman there, but not Seetha. Naaga women who had been stolen forcefully, were seen there by Hanuman, but not that Seetha.
Hanuman reached the end of his tether. He became absolutely DEPRESSED.
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