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to do my utmost and persuade Rama to go
back with me to Ayodhya, and there to be
crowned King. And it is my purpose to be
his humble slave all my life. I have come
here to ask you where Rama dwells, to go
and beg of him to return home. And me,
you suspect!"
Bharadwaja said: "Bharata, I know
your real nature. You are a scion of the
race of Raghu. I questioned you because I
wished to draw out a revelation of your
affection and loyalty and thereby establish
and spread your glory. Do not grieve. The
Prince is dwelling on Chitrakuta hill. Stay
here today. Tomorrow, you and your
ministers shall go there. You will please
me by accepting hospitality for a day in
the ashrama."
Bharata said: "My Lord, your wishes
and words of affection are a feast. What
more is required?"
Bharadwaja smilled because he could
see that Bharata was unwilling to cast the
burden of feeding an army on a poor
ascetic. He said: "I am bound to entertain
you in a manner worthy of your status and
goodness. Why have you left behind your
army and retinue?"
Bharata answered: "I followed the rule
that one should not approach a rishi's
dwelling with a retinue. There is a big
crowd following me. It would be a great
disturbance to you if they all come here."
The rishi said: "Nothing of the sort.
Order them all to come up."
And so Bharata ordered.
Bharadwaja went to the sacrificial fire
and, uttering mantras, sipped water thrice
and called on Viswakarma, Maya, Yama,
Varuna, Kubera, Agni and other celestial
beings and ordered them to produce a
great feast for Bharata and his followers.
Then a miracle happened. The feast
that was ready in Bharadwaja's ashrama
was like that which Vasishtha gave of old
to Viswamitra. The only difference was
that here, there was no quarrel or
commotion.
Everyone
had
ample
accommodation. Sandal paste, flowers,
food and drink, music and dance by divine
performers were all provided.
Bharadwaja's
feast
was
more
sumptuous than that given by emulous
kings to one another. Dwellings, vehicles,
servants rose suddenly into being. The
guests forgot themselves in the feast. The
soldiers in Bharata's army in the ecstasy of
present
enjoyment
exclaimed
to
one
another: "We shall not go to the Dandaka
forest. We shall not return to Ayodhya.
We shall stay here forever."
How were they to know that the good
things they enjoyed were for a day, and
would disappear at dawn, like the stage
and the crowd after a village play is over?
The guests ate fully and soon fell fast
asleep.
The
following
morning
Bharadwaja
said to Bharata: "At a distance of two-and-
a-half yojanas from here runs the river
Mandakini. On its banks is an unpeopled
forest with Chitrakuta hill to its south. On
the slope of the hill, in a hut your brothers
and Sita are dwelling." And he explained
in detail the way they should follow.
The three queens were presented to
receive the sage's blessings. "This is
Queen
Kausalya,"
said
Bharata,
"the
mother of Rama and here, to her right and
supporting her, stands the mother of