Ayodhya Kaanda
68 - Dialogue between Sita and Sri Rama
Chaupais
Description
When Sita heard these soft and winning words of Her beloved lord, Her lovely eyes filled with tears. His soothing advice proved as scorching to Her as a moon-lit autumnal night to a female Cakravaka bird. Videha's Daughter could make no answer. She was filled with agony to think that Her pious and loving lord would leave Her behind. Perforce restraining Her tears Earth's Daughter took courage and throwing Herself at Her mother-in-law's feet spoke to her with Her two palms joined together, "Forgive, O venerable lady, my great impudence. The lord of my life has tendered me only such advice as is conducive to my best interests. I have, however, pondered within myself and realized that there is no calamity in this world as great as being torn away from one's beloved lord."