Ramayana, Epic of Rama, Prince of India

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II. The Banishment - 32 What alarms thee, crooked woman, in the happy rites begun, Shall not Rama guard his brothers as a father guards his son? And when Rama’s reign is over, shall not Gods my Bharat speed, And by law and ancient custom shall not younger son succeed, In the present bliss of Rama and in Bharat’s future hope, What offends thee, senseless woman, wherefore dost thou idly mope? Dear is Rama as my Bharat, ever duteous in his ways, Rama honours Queen Kausalya, loftier honour to me pays, Rama’s realm is Bharat’s kingdom, ruling partners they shall prove, For himself than for his brothers Rama owns no deeper love!” Scorn and anger shook her person and her bosom heaved a sigh, As in wilder, fiercer accents Manthara thus made reply: “What insensate rage or madness clouds thy heart and blinds thine eye, Courting thus thy own disaster, courting danger dread and high, What dark folly clouds thy vision to the workings of thy foe, Heedless thus to seek destruction and to sink in gulf of woe? Know, fair queen, by law and custom, son ascends the throne of pride, Rama’s son succeedeth Rama, luckless Bharat steps aside, [27] Brothers do not share a kingdom, nor can one by one succeed, Mighty were the civil discord if such custom were decreed! For to stop all war and tumult, thus the ancient laws ordain, Eldest son succeeds his father, younger children may not reign, Bharat barred from Rama’s empire, vainly decked with royal grace, Friendless, joyless, long shall wander, alien from his land and race! Thou hast borne the princely Bharat, nursed him from thy gentle breast, To a queen and to a mother need a prince’s claims be pressed, To a thoughtless heedless mother must I Bharat’s virtues plead, Must the Queen Kaikeyi witness Queen Kausalaya’s son succeed? Trust thy old and faithful woman who hath nursed thee, youthful queen, And in great and princely houses many darksome deeds hath seen,
II. The Banishment - 33 Trust my word, the wily Rama for his spacious empire’s good, Soon will banish friendless Bharat and secure his peace with blood! Thou hast sent the righteous Bharat to thy ancient father’s land, And Satrughna young and valiant doth beside his brother stand, Young in years and generous-hearted, they will grow in mutual love, As the love of elder Rama doth in Lakshman’s bosom move. Young companions grow in friendship, and our ancient legends tell, Weeds protect a forest monarch which the woodman’s axe would fell, Crowned Rama unto Lakshman will a loving brother prove, But for Bharat and Satrughna, Rama’s bosom owns no love, And a danger thus ariseth if the elder wins the throne, Haste thee, heedless Queen Kaikeyi, save the younger and thy son! Speak thy mandate to thy husband, let thy Bharat rule at home, In the deep and pathless jungle let the banished Rama roam, [28] This will please thy ancient father and thy father’s kith and kin, This will please the righteous people, Bharat knows no guile or sin! Speak thy mandate to thy husband, win thy son a happy fate, Doom him not to Rama’s service or his unrelenting hate, Let not Rama in his rancour shed a younger brother’s blood, As the lion slays the tiger in the deep and echoing wood! With the magic of thy beauty thou hast won thy monarch’s heart, Queen Kausalya’s bosom rankles with a woman’s secret smart, Let her not with woman’s vengeance turn upon her prouder foe, And as crowned Rama’s mother venge her in Kaikeyi’s woe, Mark my word, my child Kaikeyi, much these ancient eyes have seen, Rama’s rule is death to Bharat, insult to my honoured queen!” Like a slow but deadly poison worked the ancient nurse’s tears, And a wife’s undying impulse mingled with a mother’s fears, Deep within Kaikeyi’s bosom worked a woman’s jealous thought, Speechless in her scorn and anger mourner’s dark retreat she sought.
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