Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 60: Rāma Searches for Sītā
Text 3.60.13
स्निग्धपल्लवसङ्काशा पीतकौशेयवासिनी।
शंसस्व यदि वा दृष्टा बिल्व बिल्वोपमस्तनी॥
snigdha-pallava-saṅkāśā pīta-kauśeya-vāsinī
śaṁsasva yadi vā dṛṣṭā bilva bilvopama-stanī
snigdha-pallava-saṅkāśā = she is as tender as a young shoot; pīta-kauśeya-vāsinī = and she wears a yellow silk dress; śaṁsasva = tell [Me]; yadi vā = if; dṛṣṭā = you have seen her; bilva = O bilva tree; bilva-upama-stanī = her breasts resemble bilva fruits.
O bilva tree, tell [Me] if you have seen her. She is as tender as a young shoot and she wears a yellow silk dress. Her breasts resemble bilva fruits.
“She is as tender as a young shoot” indicates that her body was delicate.
When the bilva tree didn’t respond back, Śrī Rāma thought that it was envious and therefore silent. He then asked the arjuna tree in the next verse.