Baal Kaanda
44 - A visit to the town by Rama and Laksmana
Chaupais
Description
Beholding Sri Rama's beauty someone said, "Here is a bridegroom worthy of Princess Janaki. If the king does but see him, friend, I am sure he will abandon his vow and insist upon their marriage." Said another, "The king has come to know them and has received them as well as the sage with all honour. But the king, my dear, refuses to give up his vow and, as Fate would have it, persists in his folly." Yet another said," If providence is good and, as we are told, gives every man his due, then Janaki is sure to have him as her bridegroom. About this, my dear, there can be no doubt. If such a union is brought about by Providence, everyone will have realized one's object. My impatience, friend, is augmented by the thought that this alliance will impel him to visit this place again.