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THE RAMAYANA
 
सोऽत्रेराश्रममासाद्य तं ववन्दे महायशाः ।
तं चापि भगवानत्रिः पुत्रवत् प्रत्यपद्यत ॥
 
Reaching the hermitage of Atri, Rama of
great fame saluted him.
The venerable
 
Atri also received him as a son.
 
तामत्रिपत्नीं धर्मशाम् अभिचक्राम मैथिली ॥
 
And Sita met Atri's wife, well-versed in
dharma.
 
न्यवेदयत्ततः सर्वे सीता रामाय मैथिली ।
प्रीतिदानं तपस्विन्या वसनाभरणस्रजाम् ॥
 
Then Sita, the daughter of the king of
Mithila, informed Rama of everything, the
loving present made by the ascetic
Anasuya, of clothes, ornaments and
flower-garland.
 
तस्यां राज्यां व्यतीतायाम् अभिषिच्य हुताग्निकान् ।
आपृच्छेतां नरव्याघ्रौ तापसान् वनगोचरान् ॥
 
When the night was over, the two best
 
of men, Rama and Lakshmana, took
 
leave of the ascetic forest-dwellers who had
worshipped the kindled fire after their bath.