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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
of highly
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 :