With clotted hair, covered with dirt, melancholy, lean and lank and devoted to asceticism. Knowing her to be Sita by these unusual signs,
जटिला मलदिग्धाङ्गी कृशा दीना तपस्विनी। निमित्तैस्तामहं सीतामुपलभ्य पृथग्विधैः॥