Book, Chapter

 1   1, 3|       as their happy tale they told.~Greetings to thee, mighty
 2   1, 5| wedding; be the sacred mantras told!"~
 3   2, 1|  musing on the tales by elders told,~Faithful to the wise and
 4   3   |        than this old sad story told by the dying monarch.~The
 5   4, 1|         by the righteous rishi told,~Markalvati's rippling waters,
 6   4, 6|       which the soft-eyed Sita told:~How the monarch of Videha
 7   4, 6|        in her grateful accents told,~Rama and his brother listened
 8   5   |       and many are the legends told of this great Saint, before
 9   5, 3|    Rama, "by the Saint Agastya told,~Panchavati's lonesome forest
10   6, 1|     exile to the Raksha maiden told:~"Dasa-ratha of Ayodhya
11   7, 1|   Sugriva, Hanuman his purpose told,~As he marked the pensive
12   7, 6|      thus the king his purpose told:~"Brave in war and wise
13   9, 8|   Ravan then his lofty purpose told,~'Midst the best and boldest
14  11, 5|        righteous king!~And tis told by ancient sages, during
15  12   |  recital was completed. We are told that the poem consists of
16 Epi   | Supplemental, and in it we are told something of the dimensions
17 Epi   |      couplets. And we are also told in this Supplemental Book
18 Epi   |       and Sita's faithfulness, told in the nursery, taught in
19 Epi   |   advantage, that the story is told not by the translator in
20 Epi   |      leading incidents. We are told that the sons of Rama recited