Baal Kaanda
16 - Sati's bewilderment, Sri Rama's divine glory and Sati's remorse
Chaupais
Description
I heeded not the word of Sarkara and imposed My own ignorance on Rma. What reply shall I give to my lord now? The agony of Her heart was most terrible. Sri Rma perceived that Sats had got vexed; He, therefore, revealed to Her a part of His glory. As She went on Her way Sats beheld a strange phenomenon. Rma was going ahead of Her alongwith His Consort, Sst, and His younger brother, Laksmana. She looked back and there too She saw the Lord with His brother and Sst in an attractive garb. Whichever way She turned Her eyes, there was the Lord enthroned with the Siddhas (adepts) and illumined sages ministering to Him. Sats saw more than one sets of Siva, Brahm and Visnu, each set possessing a glory infinitely greater than that of the others. She also beheld a whole host of gods bowing at the Lords feet and waiting upon Him in their different garbs. (1-4)