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THE RAMAYANA
 
शुश्राव जपतां तत्र मन्त्रान् रक्षोगृहेषु वै ।
स्वाध्यायनिरतांश्चैव यातुधानान् ददर्श सः ॥
 
There he heard the mantras of the wor-
shippers in the houses of the Rakshasas.
And he saw the demons devoted to the
recitation of Holy Scriptures.
 
रक्षितं सुमहाघोरैर्यातुधानैस्ससहस्त्रशः ।
राक्षसाधिपतेर्गुप्तमाविवेश गृहं कपिः ॥
 
The monkey (Hanuman) entered the
house of the king of the Rakshasas, which
of highly
was guarded by thousands
valorous demons.
 
प्रासादसंघातयुतं स्त्रीरत्नशतसंकुलम् ।
सुव्यूढ कक्ष्यं हनुमान् प्रविवेश महागृहम् ॥
 
Hanuman entered that great mansion full
of many terraces and hundreds of most
beautiful damsels and containing capacious
enclosures.
 
तामपश्यन् कपिस्तत्र पश्यंश्चान्या वरस्त्रियः ।
अपक्रम्य तदा वीरः प्रध्यातुमुपचक्रमे ॥
 
The heroic monkey, not seeing her (Sita)
there and seeing other beautiful women,
came out and began to consider :