In plain words
“This is the chief sign of devotion to one's husband,” he thought. One who is in sorrow does not sit down to feasts. He does not go looking for a quarrel. That is why Mother Sītā, being in this sorrow, had given up her attachment to the body. One who wants God must have no thought for the body. One must not desire the comforts, pleasures or good fortune of the body in the least. Because she had lived like that for these ten months, all her hair had matted into a single mass. She did not seek a single adornment. Apart from the thought of Rāma, no other thought was in her. Then the second is the gaze. Her gaze was only on her own feet; she would not look at the face of anyone else. With her head bowed, she kept looking only at her own feet. Whoever came, whoever went outside, she did not look even at one face. “This is the second mark of a devotee,” he thought. The third is to set one's mind on the lotus feet of God. To set the mind on God and the gaze on one's own feet, and with no attachment to the body to think of God ceaselessly: he recognised that these are the chief marks of a devotee. When he had met Sītā in this way: “Mother, I took a vow. I resolved not to touch food or drink until I had your darśan. I have had your darśan. So, if you permit me, I can see fruit in this Aśoka grove. I will eat it and satisfy my hunger,” he said. There too she showed her holy Dharma. “Hanumān! This is neither mine nor yours. This is Rāvaṇa's grove. To eat without his leave is theft. If you want the fruit that has fallen to the ground, eat that.”
But Hanumān could not bear his hunger and climbed a tree. He picked all the fruit and ate it. Not only eating, but breaking off the branches, pulling up all the trees: he went on with these monkey tricks. This he did on purpose. For only when I do such things will there be a way for me to get into Rāvaṇa's presence. Then it will be possible to teach him some sense. In this way he went on uprooting all the trees and throwing them away, pulling them up to the roots, doing such deeds. The news spread through Laṅkā. Rāvaṇa came to know of it. They went on calling all the warriors. Hanumān fought them and took their lives. Rāvaṇa grew fiercer still. He sent his sons. Hanumān made a show of yielding to some extent. Indrajit was a man of many tricks. Since Hanumān was too much for his strength, he even let fly the brahmāstra. With that, Hanumān yielded. He took Hanumān and set him before Rāvaṇa. There too Hanumān did not give way in the least. He was a servant only before Rāma, but before Rāvaṇa he stood as a great hero.