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Aranya Kanda Sarga 57 Shloka 20
Original Shloka
न मेऽस्ति संशयो वीर सर्वथा जनकात्मजा।।3.57.19।। विनष्टा भक्षिता वापि राक्षसैर्वनचारिभिः। अशुभान्येव भूयिष्ठं यथा प्रादुर्भवन्ति मे।।3.57.20।।
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English Translation

वीर O great hero, मे to me, भूयिष्ठम् many, अशुभान्येव inauspicious omens only, यथा similarly, प्रादुर्भवन्ति got manifested, जनकात्मजा Sita, सर्वथा by all means, विनष्टा she is lost, वनचारिभिः by forsetrangers, राक्षसैः demons, भक्षिता वापि must have been eaten up, मे for me, संशयः doubt, नास्ति is not.

English Commentary

O heroic Lakshmana I see many inauspicious omens. I think Sita might have been lost or eaten away by the demons of the forest. There is no doubt about it.