A Comprehensive Collection - Swami Vivekananda

"And"LakshmanaTHE RAMAYANA. 497you Sp Sita went. And the youngest ! brother, healso^ went with Rama. They penetrated far into theforest, till they had reached the river Jumna. Therethey built little cottages and Rama and* Lakshmana;used to* hunt deer and collect fruits. And betweenthen*, the three lived for some time, till there camea demon . giantess. She was the sister of the giantking of Ceylon and; roaming through the forests at will,she found thaif Rama was a very handsome man, and shefell in love at once with Rama. But Rama, he was thepurest of men. He was a married man of course he could;not return back her lovfc ;she went backand in vengeance,to her brother the giant king and told him all about thebeautiful Sita, the wife of Rama. But Rama was the mostpowerful of mortals no; power was there in gaints^ or demons or anybody to conquer him. So the giant king had totake to subterfuge. He got hold of another giant who wasa magician and changed him into a beautiful golden deer,and the deer went on prancing round about the placewhere Rama lived, and Sita asked Rama to go and capturethe deer for her ;and Rama went into the forest to capturethe deer, leaving Sita in charge of his youngest brotherand then laid a circle of fire rdund the cottage. He said ;To-day I see something will befall Sita ;and thereforeSita, I tellyou don t you go outside of this magic circle.Some danger may befall ifyou In the do." meanwhile,Rama had pierced the magic deer with his arrow, andimmediately the deer changed its form into a man, anddied ;and imitating the voice of Rama : "OhLakshmana,come to !"my helpSita saysgc?out in the forest in help of Rama ! "That is not Rama svoice." But poor Lakshmana had to go in search of Rama.And as soon as he went out, the giant king had taken the