Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 60: Rāma Searches for Sītā
Text 3.60.2
उपालक्ष्य निमित्तानि सोऽशुभानि मुहुर्मुहुः।
अपि क्षेमं नु सीताया इति वै व्याजहार च॥
upālakṣya nimittāni so ’śubhāni muhur muhuḥ
api kṣemaṁ nu sītāyā iti vai vyājahāra ca
upālakṣya = upon observing; nimittāni = omens; saḥ = He; aśubhāni = foreboding inauspiciousness; muhur muhur = repeatedly; api = is; kṣemam nu = alright; sītāyāḥ iti = Sītā; vai vyājahāra ca = uttered.
Upon repeatedly observing omens foreboding inauspiciousness, He uttered, “Is Sītā alright?”