Verse 27: 2739. "The heroic Rāma obeyed his father, king Dasaratha,
gave up the rich kingdom
making all the people of the kingdom suffer
and left his country. (28)
Verse 28: 2740. He went fast as lightning in a bright chariot,
wandered in a hot forest
where murderous hungry ghosts wandered.
The paths there were filled with stones
and bamboo plants were broken and burned,
and the wind blew wildly (29)
Verse 29: 2741. Vaidehi, his beautiful wife, went with him,
walking like a swan on her soft cotton-like feet
on stone paths where the cruel sun’s strong heat
burned the earth. (30)"