(In this and the following verses, Tulsidas briefly describes the sights of the day the bow-breaking ceremony was to be held at Janakpur. It was so ordained by Sita’s father, king Janak, that anyone who would break a certain Bow belonging to Lord Shiva that was lying in the king’s custody since ages would be able to wed Sita. This particular verse tells us how beautiful Lord Ram and his younger brother Laxman looked that day.) When the sun rose on the horizon in the morning, Lord Sri Ram and Laxman did their daily morning routine (such as washing and bathing themselves to get ready to attend the bow-breaking ceremony). Seeing Lord Ram at the venue, the faces of all other assembled kings and princes who were invited to attend the ceremony to try their luck paled like the face of the moon does after sunrise.