[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Mixed prose-and-verse narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu) › [Campūs on the Rāma story](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana) › [Campūrāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt) › 2.48 # Rāmāyaṇacampū 2.48 English (machine translation) 2.48 - **Language:** English ### [2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2.48) Then in the dead of night, the son of Daśaratha, having conferred with Sumantra and eluded the gathered populace, by means of the chariot—whose delight was its speed having turned back \[towards the north\]—crossed the earth given to Ikṣvāku by Manu, which was adorned by the trio of rivers, the Vedasruti, Gomatī, and Syandikā; and by a path where the prints of the chariot horses' hooves were concealed by dense growth of diverse wild plants and patches of grass, he reached the ingudī tree, ornament of Śṛṅgaverapura, whose root was touched by the waves of the Gaṅgā and whose top embraced the river of heaven. Seeing Rāma, who was to be seen only by virtuous deeds performed across many births, and hearing of his hermit life assumed on account of the mother's two boons, / the king of hunters had his face washed by uninterrupted tears endowed with the qualities of coldness and warmth, born of towering joy and sorrow. - [Previous: 2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2.47) - [Next: 2.48\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2.48_7) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2.48) · Pramāṇa