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ते भुक्तवन्तः सुसुखं वसित्वा वासांस्युषित्वा रजनीं प्रभाते । |
45. They ate with delight; having put on the garments and stayed overnight, taking hastily to the road by chariots, horses and elephants, at day-break, they reached the Ganges having charming woods (on its banks)
46. Having heard the news about Rama from the hermits, they thence proceeded towards the Citrakuta mountain which had flocks of chirping birds, whose summit scratched the sky, (constituting, as it were) an obstacle on the path of the sun.
47. On seeing the streams of army fooding the quarters, having stretched his bow and put on his armour, the son of Sumitra who had sharp arrows and who was desirous of fighting stood (ready), raising his eyes and eyebrows.
48. The son of Dasaratha (Rama) inferred these (armies) that bore white upper garments, ( carrying ) no weapons , approaching slowly on foot and were full of grief, to be his own partisans, devoid of adverse motives and desirous of saluting (him).
49. Weeping, with the tempo of their grief accelerated, and reporting vociferously that the King was dead an account of the grief of separation from Rama, they scratched the ground around Rama so that they (seemed to have) dug (the earth) to its very roots.
