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 Now, Sita had a fear that Lakshmana would have told Rama of her harshness. She knew that Rama's affection for Lakshmana was many times superior. He would even go to the extent of discarding her, if he came to know the way Lakshmana was treated. In her isolation she even thinks:
ennai nayagan ilavalai ennala vinaiyen
sonna vaarthai kettu arivu ilal enath thurandhano?
Did he come to know of the words that I uttered to Lakshmana and did he decide to discard me, this contemptible ignoramus? Or has he come to the conclusion that the rakshasas would have killed and made a meal of me and therefore given up the search for me? Or would it be that Bharatha, Kaikeyi and others came to the forest again and taken him back to
Ayodhya?
Thoughts, endless questions and numerous worries were tearing her apart. That was the intention of Ravana. He knew the mental mechanism of the commons. If he had adopted such a technique to isolate her, starved her of information, he knew by experience that it worked. His earlier such attempts were fruitful. He was habituated to such practices. Again, an example of greatness without goodness. We will see this in detail when we study
Ravana.
But what he failed to understand was Sita's mind was beyond him to entice. Though hundreds of opposing currents of thoughts were running deep within her, she put up a brave face in the presence of Ravana.
Sita was guarded by a bunch of ogres. They used to tell Sita the wealth, power, strength and valour of Ravana. Praise him to the skies. Ravana would repeatedly visit her, begging for her love. He would make lascivious observations about the beauty of Sita, in her presence. He would virtually fall at her feet begging her to accept him. Nothing moved Sita. Neither fear nor desire. Despite all her fears and doubts that were running in her mind, she was convinced that Rama would somehow reach Lanka and for certain, kill this demon. Once Ravana moves away from her, her mind would again go into her old worries. Trijada, the daughter of Vibishana was her only source of solace during that time.
It was one such moment when Hanuman saw Sita. He sat on the branch of a tree and watched her from a distance. Was this Sita? Could be. How to go near her and make sure that she was Sita? She was guarded by so many ogres. It was not difficult for him to dispatch them and speak to her. But indulging in a fight could be undertaken only when he was beyond doubt that the woman that he saw was Sita. Otherwise, killing of so many demons would attract unnecessary attention and set his purpose at naught. He did not have time for all those things. So he was watching her from the tree.
 He recollected all that Rama told him about Sita and was convinced that this was Sita. From a distance, he looks for obvious proofs and confirms to himself about the purity of Mythili. He in fact worships Sita in his mind.
At that time Ravana entered the grove with his retinue. This where we see Hanuman's quality as told by Jambavan 'adangavum valleer' - you are capable of observing restraint stands out.
Hari Krishnan
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