Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 60: Rāma Searches for Sītā
Text 3.60.19
यदि दृष्टा त्वया सीता जम्बु जम्बुफलोपमाम्।
प्रियां यदि विजानीषे निःशङ्कं कथयस्व मे॥
yadi dṛṣṭā tvayā sītā jambu jambu-phalopamām
priyāṁ yadi vijānīṣe niḥśaṅkaṁ kathayasva me
yadi = if; dṛṣṭā = have seen; tvayā = you; sītā = Sītā; jambu = O jumbu tree; jambu-phala-upamām = who is like a jambu fruit; priyām = My beloved; yadi = [and] if; vijānīṣe = you know from her characteristics; niḥśaṅkam = without fear; kathayasva = tell; me = Me.
O jambu tree, if you have seen Sītā who is like a jambu fruit [and] if you know My beloved from her characteristics, tell Me without fear.1
1 Technical note: vijānīṣe cihnataḥ
Sītā-devī has been compared to a jambu fruit in terms of her softness.