The Authentic Valmiki Ramayana
The Authentic Valmiki Ramayana
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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 42 "Dasharatha Vilapaha" (Book 2 Canto 42)
14 minutes Posted Mar 18, 2023 at 8:46 am.
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Sri Rama having departed for the forest in an exceptionally swift-going chariot, Dasharatha vainly seeks to cover the intervening distance on foot. The very dust raised by the chariot having disappeared after a while, the Emperor feels doubly disconsolate and drops to the ground. When Kaikeyi comes forward to support him, he scold her and asks her not to touch his person. Kausalya then lifts him up and persuades him to return. His personal attendants take him to the latter's apartments and, seeing him plunged in grief, Kausalya seat herself beside him and begins to lament in various ways.
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