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THE RAMAYANA
 
ततस्तु तमसावीरं 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 सारसक्रौञ्चनादिताम् ।
आससाद महाबाहुः शृङ्गबेरपुरं 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 गुद्दो नाम शातिभिश्चाप्युपागतः ।
सह सौमित्रिणा रामः समागच्छद्गुहेन सः ।
 
There, a king named Guha came up
along with his relations. Rama also, along
with Lakshmana and Sita, met Guha.
 
प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्या पृथुवक्षा महायशाः ।
रामो नृत्यातुकम्पीतु सुमन्त्रमिदमब्रवीत् ॥
 
Then, when the night broke into
morning, the broad-breasted and high-famed
Rama, ever solicitous for his servants, said
thus to Sumantra :