Hanuman suddenly felt that something hit him, not physically but mentally. Someone seemed to tell him 'Hey! Stupid, See her again carefully.' Then he thought "How Seetha could be here, that too sleeping so peacefully?" Then he concluded that beautiful woman was not Seetha.
Then he continued his search for Seetha. He saw some women were tired from erotic dalliance and then some other women were tired from singing; some others were weary from dance and were unconscious from consumption of liquor, some women were stationed on tabors, some on Mrudangas, some on seats and some other women rested on chief carpets. Some women decorated by jewellery with a strong penchant for talking discussed about beauty, arguing about the correct meaning of songs being sung, about behaving according to time and place, about speaking appropriate words etc. Some indulged in sleep after sexual dalliance. In the middle of that group of women, Ravana with great arms shone like a bull in the middle of cows in a big cow-pen.
Then he continued his search for Seetha. He saw some women were tired from erotic dalliance and then some other women were tired from singing; some others were weary from dance and were unconscious from consumption of liquor, some women were stationed on tabors, some on Mrudangas, some on seats and some other women rested on chief carpets. Some women decorated by jewellery with a strong penchant for talking discussed about beauty, arguing about the correct meaning of songs being sung, about behaving according to time and place, about speaking appropriate words etc. Some indulged in sleep after sexual dalliance. In the middle of that group of women, Ravana with great arms shone like a bull in the middle of cows in a big cow-pen.
Ravana surrounded by those women, shone like a great elephant surrounded by she elephants in a great forest. Hanuman noticed in that wealthy house a bar, too, containing all kinds of drinks. There were meat of deer, buffalo and wild boar kept separately. Hanuman saw half eaten peacocks and chicken in wide vessels of golden colour. He observed meat of pigs and goats, porcupines, deer and peacocks preserved in curds and salt.
Hanuman saw birds called Krakara cooked ready to be eaten in a variety of ways, birds called Chakoras half eaten, wild buffalos, fishes called ekashleya, goats, food to be licked of various kinds, beverages and various other foods. In the same way that floor was obtaining glory greatly with meat and other food seasoned with condiments and/or with sour and salty sauces, with necklaces, anklets and armlets of great value thrown around, with various fruits left in drinking vessels, with flowers sprinkled. That bar was seen as though radiant without fire, with couches and chairs well arranged and placed there. Many kinds of meat cultured with various seasonings, well arranged separately were displayed in that bar. Excellent and clear various liquors, including the one called Sura, and liquor made of sugar, liquor made of honey, liquor made of flowers and liquors made of fruits and artificially made liquors were also displayed there.
Hanuman found there a lot of top-class quality liquors in pots of silver and of golden colour. Vessels full of liquor of golden colour, embedded with gem stones and also of silver hue were also displayed there. There were pots of drinks half filled and at some places completely drunk and some places not at all drunk.
Hanuman paced about seeing at some places various eatables and at some places drinks separately, and at some places remnants of cooked rice, some places with vessels broken, some places with pots in shambles, some places with water together with flower garlands and fruits.
Hanuman saw birds called Krakara cooked ready to be eaten in a variety of ways, birds called Chakoras half eaten, wild buffalos, fishes called ekashleya, goats, food to be licked of various kinds, beverages and various other foods. In the same way that floor was obtaining glory greatly with meat and other food seasoned with condiments and/or with sour and salty sauces, with necklaces, anklets and armlets of great value thrown around, with various fruits left in drinking vessels, with flowers sprinkled. That bar was seen as though radiant without fire, with couches and chairs well arranged and placed there. Many kinds of meat cultured with various seasonings, well arranged separately were displayed in that bar. Excellent and clear various liquors, including the one called Sura, and liquor made of sugar, liquor made of honey, liquor made of flowers and liquors made of fruits and artificially made liquors were also displayed there.
Hanuman found there a lot of top-class quality liquors in pots of silver and of golden colour. Vessels full of liquor of golden colour, embedded with gem stones and also of silver hue were also displayed there. There were pots of drinks half filled and at some places completely drunk and some places not at all drunk.
Hanuman paced about seeing at some places various eatables and at some places drinks separately, and at some places remnants of cooked rice, some places with vessels broken, some places with pots in shambles, some places with water together with flower garlands and fruits.
There were couches in which some women were sleeping; some varied and clean, some decent women slept there hugging one another. Some women conquered by the power of sleep pulled other sleeping women's clothing and slept covering themselves with that. Clothing and garland on the throats of those women were moving slightly and wonderfully as though enjoying the air from the air of breath. There wind blew in different directions carrying a variety of fragrances like cool sandal-paste, sweet liquor, various flower garlands and various kinds of pleasant fumes. Then the blossoming fragrance from the baths and sandal paste and from other delightful fumes blew spreading all around there. There in that Ravana's house, some women had fair and white complexion some enchanting women were black and some women had a body of golden complexion. Appearance of those sleeping women, tired from being possessed by sleep and from lust, was like lotuses sleeping. Hanuman searched the entire Ravana's house completely but did not see Seetha.
Hanuman found there girls from the lands of devas, gandharvas and nagas but did not see Janaki. After thinking hard again, Hanuman felt that Seetha should be there amid women. He then decided to search more thoroughly other places he had not visited.
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