How full of loving reverence is this speech which Vaalmeeki puts in the mouth of
Lakshmana and how cruelly must Seeta's unjust words have pierced his heart on the fateful
day when she drove him from her.
Raama took all the jewels in his hands and
pressed them one by one to his eyes. He said: "They must have fallen on the soft
grass and so they are intact."
Then, grief giving place to rage, he said:
"Yama's gates are wide open to receive the Raakshasa. Soon will he be destroyed with
all his people."
Seeing Raama's grief and wrath, Sugreeva
became somewhat anxious. Though their mutual friendship and help had been pledged in the
presence of the sacred fire, Sugreeva was concerned over the question of priorities. |
