The RÁMÁYAN of VÁLMÍKI - Part 1 - 4

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Canto IV.The Rhapsodists. When to the end the tale was brought, Rose in the sage's mind the thought; “Now who throughout this earth will go, And tell it forth that all may know?” As thus he mused with anxious breast, Behold,in hermit's raiment dressed, Kuśáand Lava56came to greet Their master and embrace his feet. The twins he saw,that princely pair Sweet-voiced,who dwelt beside him there None for the task could be more fit, For skilled were they in Holy Writ; And so the great Rámáyan,fraught With lore divine,to these he taught: The lay whose verses sweet and clear Take with