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your
kingship now, I stand here to annihilate
him. Are these two shoulders merely for
beauty? This bow, these arrows and this
sword hanging on my side are they mere
decorations? Or do you think they are
theatrical equipment put on for show? I
await your orders. Give me the word and
test my prowess."
Rama
gently
pacified
Lakshmana's
rage
which
was
flaming
up
into
a
conflagration. "As long as our parents are
alive," said Rama, "it is our duty to obey
them. I cannot dream of disobeying my
father. It is our prime duty to do his
bidding and enable him to fulfil his
pledge. What joy is there in getting a
kingship after insulting our parents and
slaying
Bharata,
the
embodiment
of
dharma?"
And he wiped with his hand the tears
from Lakshmana's eyes. When Rama did
this,
Lakshmana
grew
calm
for
the
affectionate magic of Rama's hand could
work wonders.
17. SITA'S RESOLVE
What
took
place
in
the
inner
apartments of the palace was not yet
known to the town-people. But Rama for
his part lost no time in preparing for forest
life.
He went to Queen Kausalya to receive
her blessings before leaving the city.
Kausalya said to him again: "How can I
stay in Ayodhya after you are gone? It is
best that I go with you to the forest." Of
course, she knew that her duty was to
serve her husband in his old age and share
his sorrow in Ayodhya. And yet her mind
was now so confused by grief that she did
not see things clearly.
But Rama would not hear of it and put
her in mind of her duty to be with the
heart-stricken old King in his sad solitude.
She recognised the justice of this
counsel. She gave him her benedictions in
sweet words diluted with the salt of
broken tears. "Do as your father has
decreed and return in glory." Rama put
heart in her with a smile saying: "The
fourteen years will pass quickly and you
will see me back."
The poet says that, as Rama received
his mother's benedictions, his bright face
glowed with added effulgence. How truly
he pictures the sublime loveliness that
comes
of
a
great
renunciation
that
illumines one's being as with an Inner
Light!
We saw that Rama left Sita and went to
the King in answer to the message brought
by Sumantra. Sita was expecting Rama to
return in a chariot with the royal umbrella,
followed by a great retinue. But now she
saw Rama return alone, unattended, with
none of the royal insignia. And she noted
on his face the glow of some fixed
resolve. Rama was thinking as he came
how he could break to his beloved the