Incense, sandal, incomparable garlands From one place to other, that river resembled the men of trade.ġ9. Because it was flowing carrying gems, gold, peacock feathers, Pretty tusks of the elephant. Like hugging the heads, bodies and hands and Without stopping there, deserting them after some time, The water took away all that was anywhere in the mountain And flowed swiftly in the river like a courtesan.ġ8. The water in the river (Sarayu) flowed rapidly like, The travel of the fame of those great kings who ruled under a cool umbrella, Who had a great sense of self-respect and who followed Dharma and who followed justice of Manu, And like the charity being given to the wise Brahmins who knew the four Vedas.ġ7. Similar to the devas thinking that that Himalaya mountain was made of Gold, And made the stars fall all over the mountain like a rain of silver, Similar to the philanthropists giving their all, The clouds gave away all the water they had to that mountain.ġ6. *(Sea is the husband of all rivers and mountains their father.)ġ5. That sea sent those clouds spread densely thinking that ,“My father in law * has become very dry,Due to the heat of the sun and so I will bathe him with water,”And made them pour water all over the mountain, and rose very high. Those clouds that resemble the colour of the ash coated God, After making the paths it travels over beautiful and after gathering food from the sea, Became of the colour of him who is being approached by Goddess Lakshmi, Having breasts coloured with the smoke of incense and then returned.ġ4. Busts laden with very many ornaments, Do not go beyond Dharma in the Kosala country, And we would talk about the river that encircles that country.ġ3. Both those five edged arrows which do many crimes, And the arrow-like eyes of those ladies who have. Some of his forefathers had lost the country that they were ruling and Dasaratha got the kingdom of Kosala from his queen Kausalya)ġ2. Dasaratha was ruling over the Kosa a country with Ayodhya as its capital.

The river around Ayodhya was Sarayu, which was a tributary to the River Ganges. In this and in the following chapters, the poet possibly describes his own country and environment and follows the great tamil tradition. He naturally starts with the river, which during those times and even today determines the prosperity of the country. ( The author as per the grammar of epics in Tamil language, goes on to give a description of the background of the place where the story took place.

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