Ayodhya Kaanda
73 - Sri Rama, Sita and Laksmana proceed to the woods and slip past the citizens buried in slumber
Chaupais
Description
Accompanied by Sita and the minister the two brothers arrived at Srngaverapura. Beholding the celestial stream, Ganga, Sri Rama alighted from His car and fell prostrate on the ground with great joy. Laksmana, Sita and the minister too made obeisance and Sri Rama rejoiced in common with them all. A fount of all joys and blessings, the Ganga brings all delight and drives away all sorrow. Narrating numerous anecdotes connected with it, Sri Rama gazed on the waves of the Ganga and told the minister, His younger brother (Laksmana) and His beloved Consort the transcendent glory of the celestial stream. They took a plunge in the river and the fatigue of the journey was gone; and their hearts rejoiced when they drank of its holy water. That He whose very thought relieves the great toil of transmigration should feel fatigued shows that He imitated the ways of the world.