They went all over the Pampa area. The place was lovely, but the loveliness of
the spot and the animals, birds, trees and creepers only increased Raama's grief.
Every beautiful object wrung his heart and
made him think, "How much would Seeta have enjoyed this?" Try as he might, he
could not control the human sorrow which by his incarnation he had undertaken to endure.
Lakshmana tried to revive his spirit. He
said. "Even if Seeta is kept hidden in the womb of Aditi, the mother of the gods, we
will discover her. Raavana cannot escape. It is certain we shall kill him and redeem
Seeta. It is not proper that you should thus despair. How can you let anxiety or weakness
come over you? If we lose a precious thing, we should work for its recovery with
perseverance. Sometimes our very affection be comes our enemy. |
