<em>Now, Lakshman, as our cot is made,</em> <em>Must sacrifice be duly paid.</em> The rites performed in India on the completion of a house are represented in modern Europe by the familiar "house-warming." Book traversal links for Ramayan of Valmiki, The ‹ The Fig Tree, Page 157. Up Killing a Brahman, Canto LXIII. The Hermit's Son, Page 169. ›