Ram, alongwith his winsome wife Sita and his brother moved fearlessly in the dense forest, forsaking all his anxieties.327.

With his sword tied by the waist and holding the arrows in him hand, the long-armed heroes started for the bath at pilgrim-stations.328.

He reached on the bank of Godavari alongwith his heroic brother and there Ram put off his clothes and took a bath, thus cleansing his body.329.­

Ram had a marvellous body, when he came out after bath, on seeing his beauty the official of the place went to the royal lady Surapanakha.330.

They said to her, “Please listen to us O royal lady! two strangers of unique bodies have come to our kingeom.”331.

SUNDARI STANZA

When Surapanakha heard these words, she immediately started and reaching there,