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The Sundara Kanda - Rai Bahadur Lala Baij Nath |
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1. Thence Hanumana went to Lanka which was most beautiful to behold, and having at night assumed a small body wandered here and there. |
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2 – 3. For the purpose of searching Sita he entered the royal house-hold. There having searched through all places Hanumana did not see Janaki. Then recollecting what Lanka had told him he speedily went to the beautiful Asoka Vanika. |
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4. It was full of trees like the tree of the gods. It had tanks with steps made of gems. It was full of various kinds of birds and was surrounded with palaces of gold. |
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5 – 6. It was surrounded with trees which were bent with the load of fruit. There the son of the wind searching for Janaki under every tree, saw a temple touching as if it were the sky and containing a hundred columns made of gems. Seeing it he became much astonished. |
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© "The Adhyatma Ramayana" by Rai Bahadur Lala Baij Nath, published by Oriental Books, 54, Rani Jhansi Road, New Delhi 110 055. Part I of this article appeared in Splendour, December, 2003 issue. |
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