3. The wisemen in the assembly, appeared to be sitting fixed in their steadfast meditation, by having the feelings and passions of their minds, curbed and subdued upon their access to the relish of true knowledge. 4. At this time, Ráma sat with his brothers, in their posture of _padmásana_--having their legs crossed upon one another; had the palms of their hands folded together, and their eyes fixed steadfastly upon the face of their preacher. 5. The king Dasaratha remained in a sort of entranced meditation, and thought himself as liberated in his life time, and placed in a state of infinite bliss. 6. The sage after holding his silence, as long as he was adored by his reverential audience, spoke to them at last in distinct words, and wanted to know what they would now like to hear about. 7. He said, O lotus eyed Ráma, that art as the cooling moon in the clear sphere of thy race, tell me what thou now wishest to hear, as most desirable and delightsome to your mind. 8. Tell me the state in which you find yourself at present, and in what light you view the appearance of the appearance of the world now before you. 9. Being thus addressed by the sage, Ráma looked at his face; and then bespoke to him in his distinctly audible voice, and his plain and unfaltering accents. 10. Ráma said:--It is all owing to thy favour only, O Venerable sir, that I have attained to my state of perfect holiness, and become as pure as the clear atmosphere in autumnal calm and serenity. 11. I am entirely freed from all the errors, which are so detrimental to the right course of our lives in this world, and an act as pure as the clear sky, in the true and very state of finite vacuity. (The very state of the deity). 12. I am set free from all bonds, and released from all attributes and adjuncts; I find myself situated in a crystalline sphere, and shining there as clear as crystal. 13. I am quite pacified in my mind and am neither willing to hear or do anything else; I am quite satiate in myself, and require nothing more for my satisfaction. I am quite at rest as in the state of hypnotism. 14. My mind is quite calm in its thoughts, and entirely pacified in its wishes; all my desires have fled from it, and I find my mind to rest in its perfect peace and supreme bliss. 15. I am staid in all my thoughts and allayed in my desires, whilst living in this waking world; I am enrapt and entranced, while I am quite sane and sound and sleepless at all hours by day and night. 16. With my soul devoid of all wishes and expectations, I live while I am destined to live in this material body of mine; and remain smiling (_i.e._ rejoicing) as long as I sit to listen to your inspiring lessons. 17. Now I am no more in need of admonition or instruction of the sástras, or of the acquisition of riches or friends; nor am I willing either to get rid of them at any time. (Because of my utter indifference to them as is theirs also to me).