CHAPTER I. THE ÁHNIKA OR DAILY RITUAL.
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Valmiki and Mitra, Viharilala
40. He then gave leave to Ráma and his brother-princes, and to all his companions and followers, to return to their abodes from his hermitage in the woods.
41. He bade adieu to the aerial, earthly and the subterraneous beings, that kept company with him with their encomiums on his merits; and then entering his house, he performed his Bráhmanical rites with a duteous disposition.