The creatures in the park, looking at the lovely figure of Hanumaan covered all
over with flowers, thought that the God of spring was visiting the grove in the early
dawn.
The garden was entrancingly beautiful.
Lovely tanks, terraces decorated with gold, silver, ivory, pearl and Coral crystal steps,
artificial hills and waterfalls-the sight filled Hanumaan's heart with joy. Around some
trees were platforms overlaid with gold and silver. Little bells suspended from the trees
made music in the breeze.
Hanumaan climbed up and sat hidden among
the leaves of a tall, spreading tree with a golden platform around its stem. "If she
be alive and in Lanka I " said Hanumaan to himself, "Seeta would surely visit
this garden. She would choose this place above all others for solitude and contemplation
of Raama. They said, did they not, that she loved groves and trees? She would surely come
here at dawn to offer worship to the Universal Mother." |
