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Canto II.Brahmá's Visit Válmíki,graceful speaker,heard, To highest admiration stirred. To him whose fame the tale rehearsed He paid his mental worship first; Then with his pupil humbly bent Before the saint most eloquent. Thus honoured and dismissed the seer Departed to his heavenly sphere. Then from his cot Válmíki hied To Tamasá's44sequestered side, Not far remote from Gangá's tide. He stood and saw the ripples roll Pellucid o'er a pebbly shoal. To Bharadvája45by his side He turned in ecstasy,and cried: “See,pupil dear,this lovely sight, The smooth-floored shallow,pure and bright, With not a speck or shade to mar, And clear as