Chapter Five — Agastya Returns to His Hermitage

The great sage Agastya heard the supremely pure mystery and became inwardly established in the great rāsa. Embracing Hanuman with a heart filled by the transcendent mood he had beheld, he departed for his hermitage. (88, completed)

Gacchan gacchan pathi munivaraḥ pūrṇa-premāmṛtābdhau majjan majjan sa padayor nyāsa-bhedaṃ na veda,
Paśyan paśyan hṛdi Raghupatiṃ Sītayā śobhitāṅgaṃ hṛṣyan hṛṣyan parama-muditaḥ prāpa gehaṃ cirāya. (89)

As the great sage walked on, he plunged again and again into the boundless ocean of love’s nectar and no longer knew whether his feet moved forward or back. Beholding Raghupati within his heart, his form made radiant by Sita, Agastya thrilled with joy at every step and only after a long while reached his home.

Gate munāv āśuga-sambhavo mahān sad-bhāvane dhyāna-manobhavaḥ,
Smaran smaran Rāma-rasaṃ hṛd-abje bāhyendriya-jñāna-mano-nivṛttam. (90)

After the sage had gone, the mighty wind-born Hanuman entered profound contemplation. Remembering Rama’s rasa again and again within the lotus of his heart, he withdrew mind and awareness from every external sense.

Hanumat-kṛṣeḥ kāvyaṃ bhāvyaṃ śrāvyaṃ sadaiva hi,
Tasmin sasītā Rāmo ’pi tuṣṭo bhavati nānyathā. (91, continues)

The poetic revelation of the seer Hanuman should always be contemplated, recited, and heard. Through this devotion Rama together with Sita becomes pleased; the text declares no other means equal to it.