There was music both in the city and in the heavens; while the wicked were downcast, the virtuous beamed with joy. Gods, Kinnaras, men, NŒgas and great sages uttered blessings with shouts of victory. Celestial dames danced and sang and handfuls of flowers were showered again and again. Here and there the BrŒhma˜as recited the Vedas, while panegyrists sang praises. The glad tidings spread throughout the earth, the subterranean regions and heaven that Ýr¶ RŒma had broken the bow and won the hand of S¶tŒ. The people of the city waved lights round the pair in order to ward off evil; and regardless of their means they scattered gifts in profusion as an act of invocation of Divine blessings on the couple. The pair of Ýr¶ RŒma and S¶tŒ shone as if beauty and the sentiment of Love had met together in human form. Her companions urged Her,”S¶tŒ, clasp your lord’s feet.” But S¶tŒ was too much afraid to touch His feet. (1—4)