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The One-and-Eighty-Ninth Chapter
Then, the story of the great fortune of Padma-Nabha and Lakshmana, the kings, entering Lanka, is to be told. ||1||
With a multitude of great aerial vehicles, with the sound of the bells of the elephants, with the best groups of horses, and with chariots like palaces, ||2||
With the echoes of the groves, which had deafened the directions, and with the delightful sounds of musical instruments, mixed with the sound of conch shells, ||3||
With the great wheel of the Vidyadharas, the two, the best of the radiant ones, like Indra, entered Lanka, the abode of the goddess of strength. ||4||
Seeing them, the people were filled with great joy, and they considered it the great fruit of the virtue accumulated in past lives. ||5||
When Bala-deva, with his chariot, arrived on the royal road, the business of the city people went somewhere else, as it were. ||6||
The balconies, covered with the faces of women whose eyes were blooming, were continuously adorned, as if with blue lotuses and red lotuses. ||7||
In the observation of those who were agitated with great curiosity, such beautiful words came out of the mouths of those women. ||8||
"Friend, look, this is Rama, the king, the son of Dasharatha, who is adorned with his excellent beauty, like a heap of jewels." ||9||
"He is like the full moon, his eyes are like lotuses, and he is a creation of extraordinary deeds, worthy of praise." ||10||
"The girl who obtains this excellent husband is blessed, and that beautiful woman has established a pillar of her fame in the world." ||11||
"She who has practiced the highest virtue for a long time in past lives, obtains such a husband. What other excellent woman can obtain such a lord?" ||12||
"The woman who receives his help at night is, as it were, the crown of women. What is the use of another woman?" ||13||
"The blessed Janaki has surely fallen from heaven, who, like Sachi, the wife of Indra, delights in this praiseworthy husband." ||14||
Then, Gautam Swami said to King Shrenik, "O King! Now, Rama and Lakshmana have entered Lanka with great splendor, so you should tell the story of that." ||1||