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Rama. Were they not Eternal Lovers
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reunited? And so they rejoiced like lovers
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come together after separation.
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10. PARASURAMA'S
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DISCOMFITURE
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Having thus safely handed back to
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Dasaratha at Mithila the princes entrusted
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to him in Ayodhya, and after attending the
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wedding
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celebrations,
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Viswamitra
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took
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leave of the two kings and went to
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Himalaya.
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In
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the
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story
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of
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Rama,
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Viswamitra has no further part.
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Viswamitra may be said to be the
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foundation of the grand temple of Rama's
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story. After Rama's wedding in Mithila,
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we do not see him again. It should be
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noted that characters that play a leading
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role in one canto of Valmiki almost fade
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out in subsequent cantos. Viswamitra who
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dominates the Bala Kanda does not appear
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again. Similarly, Kaikeyi and Guha are
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prominent only in Ayodhya Kanda. The
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same thing can be said of Bharata whom
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we do not come across in the chapters
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intervening
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between
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the
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Chitrakuta
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meeting and Rama's return to Ayodhya.
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The poet hardly brings Bharata before
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our eyes during the period of Rama's
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distress.
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The
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characters
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in
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Valmiki
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Ramayana
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(unlike
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those
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in
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the
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Mahabharata and in ordinary plays and
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novels) do not present themselves off and
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on.
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Critics
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should
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bear
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this
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general
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characteristic of Valmiki's epic in mind.
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King Dasaratha returned to Ayodhya,
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accompanied by his retinue. On the way,
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there
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were
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bad
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omens
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and
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anxious
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Dasaratha asked Vasishtha what they
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portended. Vasishtha replied that there
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was no need to be alarmed, for though the
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birds in the air indicated approaching
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trouble, the animals on the land promised
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a happy consummation.
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As Dasaratha and Vasishtha were thus
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conversing, there broke out a great storm.
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Trees were uprooted; the earth quaked and
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clouds of dust went up and hid the sun and
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there was an all-enveloping darkness.
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Everyone was terror-struck. Soon they
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knew
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the
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reason
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for
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the
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strange
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phenomenon. There stood before them the
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awe-inspiring
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figure
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Parasurama,
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the
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sworn enemy of Kshatriyas, with a bow
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on one shoulder and a battle-axe on the
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other, and with an arrow shining like
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lightning in his hand.
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Terrible in appearance, with his matted
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locks gathered overhead, he looked like
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Rudra
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exulting
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in
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the
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destruction
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