Baal Kaanda
56 - The wedding of Sita and Rama and Their farewell
Chaupais
Description
King Dasaratha politely persuaded the respectable citizens to retire and having reverently called all the mendicants he bestowed on them ornaments and clothes as well as horses and elephants and satiating them with love he made them all self-supporting. Glorifying the king again and again they all returned with Sri Rama in their heart. The Lord of Ayodhya importuned King Janaka over and over again; but out of affection for his relative the latter would not turn back. Once more King Dasaratha addressed him in polite terms, "I beg you to turn back, O king; you have already advanced too far." At last King Dasaratha got down from his chariot and remained standing, while his eyes overflowed with torrents of love. Then spoke King Videha with joined palms and in accents imbued with the nectar of love, "How and in what words should I make my supplication to you? You have conferred such high honour on me, O great king."