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comes to his succour is seen in the Raghuvamsa. When
Rama, in his almost insane condition, mistakes a creeper
for Sita and ventures to embrace it, Lakshmana holds him
back, with tears in his eyes (सौमित्रिणा सास्रमहं निरुद्धः । )airnaed
aid Another item of the message is Rama's perplexity as
to what he should say to Janaka when questioned about
his daughter, and how the aged king would feel on
learning the truth. The Asoka with its red flowers and
the Kurunja with its white ones had reminded him of the
Laja-homa in his marriage offered in the sacred flames of
Agni: hence the thought of Janaka had been uppermost
in his mind, in those days when
is when Sita's whereabouts could
not be known.
od of
ol
neuibno tosjde na ni
मन्दो वक्ष्ये किमिति जनकं किन्तु योगीश्वरो माम् । etc. bibod
This very thought haunts Rama, even, in the Ramayana,
in more than one place. And he says to Lakshmana-
निवृत्त वनवासश्च जनकं मिथिलाधिपम् ।
कुशलं परिपृच्छन्तं कथं शक्ष्ये निरीक्षितुम् ॥
किन्तु वक्ष्यामि राजानं धर्मज्ञं सत्यवादिनम् ॥ etc,
dt als
These thoughts are quite natural and appropriate, at a
time when Sita's whereabouts are not known. They
naturally find a conspicuous place in the message now to
be sent to Sita.
Next he tells her how, on
w, on the approach of the rainy
season, he envied, in his pitiable plight, the happiness of
the peacock always in the company of his hen, with no
fear of a disturbance from the hands of a Rakshasa.isil
( रक्षः पीडारहितदयिताश्लेषधन्यो मयूरः 1)
So too in the Ramayana,
upp fyrs)
comes to his succour is seen in the Raghuvamsa. When
Rama, in his almost insane condition, mistakes a creeper
for Sita and ventures to embrace it, Lakshmana holds him
back, with tears in his eyes (सौमित्रिणा सास्रमहं निरुद्धः । )airnaed
aid Another item of the message is Rama's perplexity as
to what he should say to Janaka when questioned about
his daughter, and how the aged king would feel on
learning the truth. The Asoka with its red flowers and
the Kurunja with its white ones had reminded him of the
Laja-homa in his marriage offered in the sacred flames of
Agni: hence the thought of Janaka had been uppermost
in his mind, in those days when
is when Sita's whereabouts could
not be known.
od of
ol
neuibno tosjde na ni
मन्दो वक्ष्ये किमिति जनकं किन्तु योगीश्वरो माम् । etc. bibod
This very thought haunts Rama, even, in the Ramayana,
in more than one place. And he says to Lakshmana-
निवृत्त वनवासश्च जनकं मिथिलाधिपम् ।
कुशलं परिपृच्छन्तं कथं शक्ष्ये निरीक्षितुम् ॥
किन्तु वक्ष्यामि राजानं धर्मज्ञं सत्यवादिनम् ॥ etc,
dt als
These thoughts are quite natural and appropriate, at a
time when Sita's whereabouts are not known. They
naturally find a conspicuous place in the message now to
be sent to Sita.
Next he tells her how, on
w, on the approach of the rainy
season, he envied, in his pitiable plight, the happiness of
the peacock always in the company of his hen, with no
fear of a disturbance from the hands of a Rakshasa.isil
( रक्षः पीडारहितदयिताश्लेषधन्यो मयूरः 1)
So too in the Ramayana,
upp fyrs)