Ayodhya Kaanda
101 - King Janakaís arrival at Citrakuta; the Kolas and Kiratas offer presents to the visitors and all meet one another
Chaupais
Description
In this way four days rolled by; the people, both men and women, were gratified to see Sri Rama. In both camps the feeling uppermost in the heart of all was;"It is not good to return without Sita and Rama. Living in excile in the woods with Sita and Sri Rama one would be millions of times more happy than in Amaravati (the city of immortals) . Leaving the company of Laksmana, Sri Rama and Sita he who chooses to live at his home is not favoured by Providence. The privilege of living in close proximity to Sri Rama can be had only when God is propitious to us all. Bathing in the Mandakini thrice everyday, the sight of Sri Rama, which is a perennial source of joy and blessedness, roaming about on the hill (Kamadanatha) associated with the name of Sri Rama, in the forest adjoining the same and among the hermitages of ascetics situated thereabout, and living on bulbs, roots and fruits delicious like ambrosia! In this way four years and ten will be happily spent like a minute without our knowing it.