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Arter Kavandha had spoken thus, the two best of men, Rama and Lakshmana took him to a mountain-cave and placed on fire. Lakshmana kindled the funeral pile, which was ablaze on all sides. Thereupon the fire began to burn down slowly the huge and corpulent body of

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Kavandha hike unto a lump of clarified butter. Afterwards the highly powerful demon, shaking the funeral pile, rose up quickly like a smokeless flame of fire, wearing a clean cloth and a celestial garland. And the graceful demon, wearing an unsullied cloth and having all its limbs crested with diverse ornaments, rose from the pile high up in the welkin with a dclighted heart. Thereupon mounting ona famed car, brilliant and drawn by swans* and lighting up all the quarters with the effulgence of his person, that highly powerful one, stationing himself in the heaven, addressed Rama, saying :—“Do thou hear truly, O R&ghava, of the means by which thou shalt come by Sit& There are six expedients.{ O Rama, by virtue of which kings acquire all objects. He, in whom misfortun: hath culminated, should seek the company of one such.~ Thou hast,O Rama along with Lakshmana, met with the culmination of misfortune and for which thou hast been assailed with such a disaster as the ravishment of thy spouse. O thou best of my friends, it behoveth thee, therefore to make friends with such a person. Or clse I do not find any means for thy success. Do thou hear, O Rama, what I relate. There liveth with four monkeys a heroic, self-controlled monkey by name Sugriva, on that best of mountains Rishyamuka, situated on the banks of the lake Pampa, being driven by his enraged brother Vali, the son of Indra.’ That mighty, powerful, effalgent lord of monkeys, of immeasurable prowess and truthful vows, humble, patient, intelligent, great, expert, bold, grace- * By virtue of the pious observances performed by him in his previces existence and for his being burnt by Rama that celestial car appeared there.—T. + The six expedients are as follow—(1) Sandhi, peace. (2) Vigvebs wir-fare. (3) dna, military expedition against an enemy. (4) Ashane— halting. (§) Daidsibhava—sowing dissension. (6) Samashraya sacking