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THE RAMAYANA
 
शुश्राव जपतां तत्र मन्त्रान् रक्षोगृहेषु वै ।
स्वाध्यायनिरतांश्चैव यातुधानान् ददर्श सः ॥
 
There he heard the mantras of the
worshippers in the houses of the Rakshasas.
And he saw the demons devoted to the
recitation of Holy Scriptures.
 
रक्षितं सुमहावीर्यैर्यातुधानैस्सहस्रशः ।
राक्षसाधिपतेर्गुप्तमाविवेश गृहं कपिः ॥
 
The monkey (Hanuman) entered the house
of the king of the Rakshasas, which was
guarded by thousands of highly valorous
demons.
 
प्रासादसंघातयुतं स्त्रीरत्नशतसंकुलम् ।
सुव्यूढकक्ष्यं हनुमान् प्रविवेश महागृहम् ॥
 
Hanuman entered
 
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.
 
that great mansion