Raghubar embraced all his mothers and consoled them, saying: “Mother, the world is subject to God; there is no one to blame.”
The two brothers kissed the feet of their guru’s wife, as also of the Brahman ladies who had accompanied her, paying the same honour to them as to Ganga and Gauri; and they with gentle voice gladly gave them their blessing. When he embraced Sumitra, after clasping her feet, he was like a beggar who has picked up a fortune. Then both brothers fell at the feet of Queen Kausalya and their whole body was convulsed with love; the mother took them tenderly to her bosom and bathed them with tears of affection. How can any poet describe the mingled joy and grief of such a time, any more than a dumb man can express the sweetness that he tastes? After embracing their mother, Rama and his brother requested the guru to accompany them, and at his command the citizens crossed over, admiring the scenery as they went.
The two brothers kissed the feet of their guru’s wife, as also of the Brahman ladies who had accompanied her, paying the same honour to them as to Ganga and Gauri; and they with gentle voice gladly gave them their blessing. When he embraced Sumitra, after clasping her feet, he was like a beggar who has picked up a fortune. Then both brothers fell at the feet of Queen Kausalya and their whole body was convulsed with love; the mother took them tenderly to her bosom and bathed them with tears of affection. How can any poet describe the mingled joy and grief of such a time, any more than a dumb man can express the sweetness that he tastes? After embracing their mother, Rama and his brother requested the guru to accompany them, and at his command the citizens crossed over, admiring the scenery as they went.