26. The beauties in the court hall resembling the tender creepers, and holding the chouri flappers like clusters of blossoms in their leaf-like palms, formed a forest of beauties about the elephantine forms of the brave princes. (It means the joint egress of a large number of damsels employed to fan the princes in the Court hall). 27. The hall was emblazoned with the rays of the blazing bracelets, and seemed as it was strewn over with the dust of _mandára_ flowers, blown away by the winds. 28. There were crystal cisterns of pure water, mixed with ice and pulverized camphor; and the landscape around was whitened by the _kusa_ grass and flowers of autumn. 29. The gems hanging down the head-dresses of the princes, cast a reddish colour over the hollow vault of the hall; and appeared as the evening twilight preceding the shade of night, which puts an end to the daily works of men. 30. The fair faces of the fairy damsels, were like lotuses floating on the watery lustre of the strings of pearls pendant upon them; and resembling the lines of bees fluttering about the lotuses; while the anklets at their feet, emitted a ringing sound as the humming of bees. 31. The large assemblage of the princes, rose up amidst the assembled crowds of men; and presented a scene never seen before by the admiring people. 32. The rulers of the earth bowed down lowly before their sovereign, and departed from his presence and the royal palace in large bodies; likening the waves of the sea, glistening as rainbows by the light of their gemming ornaments. 33. The chief minister Sumantra and others, that were best acquainted with royal etiquette, prostrated themselves before their king and the holy sage, and took their way towards the holy stream; for performance of their sacred ablutions. 34. The Rishis Vámadeva, Viswámitra and others, stood in the presence of Vasishtha; and waited for his leave to make their departure. 35. King Dasaratha honored the sages one by one, and then left them to attend to his own business. 36. The citizens returned to the city, and the foresters retired to their forests, the aerials flew in the air, and all went to their respective abodes for rejoining the assembly on the next morning. 37. The venerable Viswámitra, being besought by the king and Vasishtha, stayed and passed the night at the abode of the latter. 38. Then Vasishtha being honoured by all the princes, sages and the great Bráhmanas, and adored by Ráma and the other princes of king Dasaratha’s royal race:— 39. Proceeded to his hermitage, with the obeisance of the assembled crowd on all sides; and followed by a large train, as the god Brahmá is accompanied by bodies of the celestials. 40. He then gave leave to Ráma and his brother-princes, and to all his companions and followers, to return to their abodes from his hermitage in the woods.