Then Hanuman, scorcher of foes, set out to find the trail of Sita who had been carried off by Ravana, taking the path travelled by celestial beings.
Ramayana
श्रीमद्वाल्मीकिरामायणम्
मूल श्लोकः
ततो रावणनीतायाः सीतायाः शत्रुकर्शनः। इयेष पदमन्वेष्टुं चारणाचरिते पथि॥
tato rāvaṇa-nītāyāḥ sītāyāḥ śatru-karśanaḥ iyeṣa padam anveṣṭuṁ cāraṇācarite pathi
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