pining died.
The subjects' woe when thus bereft;
And how the following crowds he left:
With Guha talked, and firmly stern
Ordered his driver to return.
How Ganga's farther shore he gained;
By Bharadvaja entertained,
By whose advice he journeyed still
And came to Chitrakuta's hill.
How there he dwelt and built a cot;
How Bharat journeyed to the spot;
His earnest supplication made;
Drink-offerings to their father paid;
The sandals given by Rama's hand,
As emblems of his right, to stand:
How from his presence Bharat went
And years in Nandigrama spent.
How Rama entered Dandak wood
And in Sutikhna's presence stood.
The favour Anasuya showed,
The wondrous balsam she bestowed.
How Sarabhanga's dwelling-place
They sought; saw Indra face to face;
The meeting with Agastya gained;
The heavenly bow from him obtained.
How Rama with Viradha met;
Their home in Panchavata set.
How Surpanakha underwent
The mockery and disfigurement.
Of Trisira's and Khara's fall,
Of Ravan roused at vengeance call,
Maricha doomed, without escape;
The fair Videhan(55) lady's rape.
How Rama wept and raved in vain,
And how the Vulture-king was slain.
How Rama fierce Kabandha slew;
Then to the side of Pampa drew,
Met Hanuman, and her whose vows
Were kept beneath the greenwood boughs.
How Raghu's son, the lofty-souled,
On Pampa's bank wept uncontrolled,
Then journeyed, Rishyamuk to reach,
And of Sugriva then had speech.
The friendship made, which both had sought:
How Bali and Sugriva fought.
How Bali in the strife was slain,
And how Sugriva came to reign.
The treaty, Tara's wild lament;
The rainy nights in watching spent.
The wrath of Raghu's lion son;
The gathering of the hosts in one.
The sending of the spies about,
And all the regions pointed out.
The ring by Rama's hand bestowed;
The cave wherein the bear abode.
The fast proposed, their lives to end;
Sampati gained to be their friend.
The scaling of the hill, the leap
Of Hanuman across the deep.
Ocean's command that bade them seek
Mainaka of the lofty peak.
The death of Sinhika, the sight
Of Lanka with her palace bright
How Hanuman stole in at eve;
His plan the giants to deceive.
How through the square he made his way
To chambers where the women lay,
Within the Asoka garden came
And there found Rama's captive dame.
His colloquy with her he sought,
And giving of the ring he brought.
How Sita gave a gem o'erjoyed;
How Hanuman the grove destroyed.
How giantesses trembling