“Is all well with my two dear brothers? Tell me what country they are in?” On hearing these loving words the king again read the letter.
On hearing it the two brothers trembled all over with irrepressible joy, and the whole court was charmed to see Bharat’s holy devotion. Then the king seated the messengers close by him and said in sweet and winning tones: “Tell me, friend, are the two boys well? Have you really seen them with your own eyes?” “One is dark, the other fair; both are equipped with bow and quiver, and are of tender age, and with them is saint Visvamitra.” Said the king again and again in his overpowering love: “You know them, it is clear; tell me now of their state; for from the day that the saint took them away till now I have had no definite news of them. Tell me how Janak knew them.” At these fond words the messengers smiled:
On hearing it the two brothers trembled all over with irrepressible joy, and the whole court was charmed to see Bharat’s holy devotion. Then the king seated the messengers close by him and said in sweet and winning tones: “Tell me, friend, are the two boys well? Have you really seen them with your own eyes?” “One is dark, the other fair; both are equipped with bow and quiver, and are of tender age, and with them is saint Visvamitra.” Said the king again and again in his overpowering love: “You know them, it is clear; tell me now of their state; for from the day that the saint took them away till now I have had no definite news of them. Tell me how Janak knew them.” At these fond words the messengers smiled: