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THE RAMAYANA
 
ततस्तु तमसातीरं रम्यमाश्रित्य राघवः ।
 
उपास्य स शिवां सन्ध्यां विषयान्तं व्यगाहत ॥
 
Then Raghava reached the pleasant
bank of the Tamasa river, performed the
holy sandhya and reached the border of
the kingdom.
 
समुद्रमहिषीं गङ्गां सारसकौञ्चना दिताम् ।
आससाद महाबाहुः शृङ्गवेरपुरं प्रति ॥
 
Then approaching Sringaberapura, the
mighty-armed Rama reached the Ganges,
the consort of the Ocean resounding with
the noises of cranes and kraunchas.
 
तत्र राजा गुहो नाम ज्ञातिभिश्चाप्युपागतः ।
सह सौमित्रिणा रामः समागच्छद् गुहेन सः ॥
 
There, a king named Guha came up
along with his relations. Rama also,
along with Lakshmana and Sita, met
Guha.
 
प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यां पृथुवक्षा महायशाः ।
रामो भृत्यानुकम्पी तु सुमन्त्रमिदमब्रवीत् ॥
 
Then, when the night broke into
morning, the broad-breasted and high-
famed Rama, ever solicitous for his
servants, said thus to Sumantra :