Lakshmana said, "This is no ordinary animal. This is a trick of the
Raakshasas."
But Seeta said: "Do catch this deer
for me. We shall bring it up as a pet in the aashrama. This is the most beautiful
creature.
I have so far seen in this forest. Look! Do look at it:
What colour! What playfulness!"
And so she went on, talking of the deer and desiring to
possess it. And she pleaded, "Do somehow catch it for me."
She begged Raama; "Soon we shall have
to return to the city. Should we not take some rare thing from the forest to Ayodhya? How
beautiful it will be, this exquisite creature moving in the inner apartments of our
palace? Bharata would be so pleased. I should love to give it to him. Do my beloved, catch
it for me. Somehow catch it for me," |
