At the news, the dwellers by the roadside left their household work and ran after them; seeing his form, they were overcome with love and joy and had their life’s reward.
Lovingly one said to another: “Friend, are they Râma and Lakshman, or not? In age, figure, complexion and beauty they are the same, dear girl, and resemble them in an equally affectionate disposition. But their dress is not the same, friend, nor is Sita with them, and before them marches a vast host of horse and foot, elephants and chariots. Nor are they glad of countenance, but have some sorrow at heart; from this difference, friend, a doubt arises.”
Lovingly one said to another: “Friend, are they Râma and Lakshman, or not? In age, figure, complexion and beauty they are the same, dear girl, and resemble them in an equally affectionate disposition. But their dress is not the same, friend, nor is Sita with them, and before them marches a vast host of horse and foot, elephants and chariots. Nor are they glad of countenance, but have some sorrow at heart; from this difference, friend, a doubt arises.”