"The priests and ministers send you their blessings and request you to
return at once to Ayodhya. They want us to convey to you that the need for your presence
there is most urgent. Please touch for acceptance these garments and jewels to be given to
your uncle and to the King as gifts from the palace of Ayodhya."
Bharata questioned the messengers after the
welfare of all at home. The manner of his enquiry suggests that he had an uneasy
premonition that his mother's headstrong and ambitious nature might have had something to
do with this hasty summons home. "And is my mother, the haughty and irascible Queen
Kaikeyi who believes herself all-wise and must always have her way-is she in good
health?" |
