SECTION –CXLVII
(Tirtha-yatra Parva Continued)
Hanuman said, 'And after his wife was carried
away, that descendant of Raghu, while searching with his brother for his queen,
met, on the summit of that mountain, with Sugriva, chief of the monkeys. Then a
friendship was contracted between him and the high-souled Raghava. And the
latter, having slain Vali installed Sugriva in the kingdom. And having obtained
the kingdom, Sugriva sent forth monkeys by hundreds and by thousands in search
of Sita. And, O best of men, I too with innumerable monkeys set out towards the
south in quest of Sita, O mighty-armed one. Then a mighty vulture Sampati by
name, communicated the tidings that Sita was in the abode of Ravana. Thereupon
with the object of securing success unto Rama, I all of a sudden bounded over
the main, extending for a hundred yojanas. And, O chief of the Bharatas, having
by my own prowess crossed the ocean, that abode of sharks and crocodiles, I saw
in Ravana's residence, the daughter of king Janaka, Sita, like unto the
daughter of a celestial. And having interviewed that lady, Vaidehi, Rama's beloved,
and burnt the whole of Lanka with its towers and ramparts and gates, and
proclaimed my name there, I returned. Hearing everything from me the lotus-eyed
Rama at once ascertained his course of action, and having for the passage of
his army constructed a bridge across the deep, crossed it followed by myriads
of monkeys. Then by prowess Rama slew those Rakshasas in battle, and also
Ravana, the oppressor of the worlds together with his Rakshasa followers. And
having slain the king of the Rakshasas, with his brother, and sons and kindred,
he installed in the kingdom in Lanka the Rakshasa chief, Vibhishana, pious, and
reverent, and kind to devoted dependants. Then Rama recovered his wife even
like the lost Vaidic revelation. Then Raghu's son, Rama, with his devoted wife,
returned to his own city, Ayodhya, inaccessible to enemies; and that lord of
men began to dwell there. Then that foremost of kings, Rama was established in
the kingdom. Thereafter, I asked a boon of the lotus-eyed Rama, saying, 'O
slayer of foes, Rama, may I live as long as the history of thy deeds remaineth
extant on earth!" Thereupon he said, 'So be it. O represser of foes, O
Bhima, through the grace of Sita also, here all excellent objects of
entertainment are supplied to me, whoever abide at this place. Rama reigned for
the thousand and ten hundred years. Then he ascended to his own abode. Ever
since, here Apsaras and Gandharvas delight me, singing for aye the deeds of
that hero, O sinless one. O son of the Kurus, this path is impassable to mortals.
For this, O Bharata, as also with the view that none might defeat or curse
thee, have I obstructed thy passage to this path trod by the immortals. This is
one of the paths to heaven, for the celestials; mortals cannot pass this way.
But the lake in search of which thou hast come, lieth even in that
direction."
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