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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 सारसकौक्रौञ्चना दिताम् ।

आससाद महाबाहुः शृङ्गवेबेरपुरं 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 :