Ayodhya Kaanda
102 - Dialogue between queens Kausalya and Sunayana (king Janaka's wife); Sita's amiability
Chaupais
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"Yet finding a suitable opportunity, O queen, you may speak to the king as if on your own initiative and plead with him that Laksmana may be detained and Bharata allowed to proceed to the forest. Should this proposal find favour with the king, let him do his utmost after due deliberation. I feel much concerned about Bharata; for the love in his heart is so profound that if he stays at home I fear some thing untoward may happen to him." Perceiving Kausalya's pure love and hearing her guileless and eloquent appeal all the queens were overwhelmed by the pathetic sentiment. There was a shower of flowers from heaven accompanied by shouts of applause. Accomplished saints, Yogis (mystics) and hermits were overpowered with emotion. All the ladies of the gynaeceum were struck dumb to see this. Then, recovering herself, Sumitra interposed, "Madam! Nearly an hour of the night has passed." Hearing this Sri Rama's mother (Kausalya) courteously rose, and-