Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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your heart. Bestow sovereignty on your son and an abode in the forest on Råma and
rob your co-wives of all their joy. When the king swears by Råma, ask the boons only
then, so that the former may not go back upon his word. The scheme will fail if this night
is allowed to pass; cherish my words as dearer than life.î (1ó4)
ŒÙ0ó’«∏U ∑ȧÉÊÊÃÈ ∑§Á⁄U ¬ÊÃÁ∑§ÁŸ ∑§„appleUÁ‚ ∑§Ù¬ªÎ„°U ¡Ê„ÈU–
∑§Ê¡È ‚°flÊ⁄appleU„ÈU ‚¡ª ‚’È ‚„U‚Ê ¡ÁŸ ¬ÁÕʄÈUH 22H
Do.: baRa kughåtu kari påtakini kahesi kopagæha° jåhu,
kåju sa° vårehu sajaga sabu sahaså jani patiåhu.22.
Having thus hatched her very cruel design against the queen the wretch said,
ìBetake yourself to the sulking-room. Manage the whole affair discreetly and be not too
ready to believe.î (22)
øı0ó∑ȧ’Á⁄UÁ„U ⁄UÊÁŸ ¬˝ÊŸÁ¬˝ÿ ¡ÊŸË– ’Ê⁄U ’Ê⁄U ’Á«∏U ’ÈÁh ’πÊŸËH
ÃÙÁ„U ‚◊ Á„Uà Ÿ ◊Ù⁄U ‚¢‚Ê⁄UÊ – ’„appleU ¡Êà ∑§ß ÷ßÁ‚ •œÊ⁄UÊH 1H
¡ı¥ Á’Áœ ¬È⁄U’ ◊ŸÙ⁄UÕÈ ∑§Ê‹Ë – ∑§⁄Uı¥ ÃÙÁ„U øπ ¬ÍÃÁ⁄U •Ê‹ËH
’„ÈUÁ’Áœ øappleÁ⁄UÁ„U •ÊŒL§ Œapple߸ – ∑§Ù¬÷flŸ ªflŸË ∑Ò§∑apple§ß¸H 2H
Á’¬Áà ’Ë¡È ’⁄U·Ê Á⁄UÃÈ øapple⁄UË – ÷Èß° ÷ß ∑ȧ◊Áà ∑Ò§∑§ß¸ ∑apple§⁄UËH
¬Êß ∑§¬≈U ¡‹È •¢∑ȧ⁄U ¡Ê◊Ê– ’⁄U ŒÙ©U Œ‹ ŒÈ𠻧‹ ¬Á⁄UŸÊ◊ÊH 3H
∑§Ù¬ ‚◊Ê¡È ‚ÊÁ¡ ‚’È ‚Ù߸ – ⁄UÊ¡È ∑§⁄Uà ÁŸ¡ ∑ȧ◊Áà Á’ªÙ߸H
⁄UÊ©U⁄U Ÿª⁄U ∑§Ù‹Ê„U‹È „UÙ߸ – ÿ„U ∑ȧøÊÁ‹ ∑§¿ÈU ¡ÊŸ Ÿ ∑§Ù߸H 4H
Cau.: kubarihi råni prånapriya jån∂, båra båra baRi buddhi bakhån∂.
tohi sama hita na mora sa≈sårå, bahe jåta kai bhaisi adhårå.1.
jau° bidhi puraba manorathu kål∂, karau° tohi cakha pµutari ål∂.
bahubidhi cerihi ådaru de∂, kopabhavana gavan∂ kaike∂.2.
bipati b∂ju baraå ritu cer∂, bhuiÚ bhai kumati kaika∂ ker∂.
påi kapa¢a jalu a≈kura jåmå, bara dou dala dukha phala parinåmå.3.
kopa samåju såji sabu so∂, råju karata nija kumati bigo∂.
råura nagara kolåhalu ho∂, yaha kucåli kachu jåna na ko∂.4.
Holding the humpback dear as life the queen applauded her uncommon shrewdness
again and again. ìI have no such friend as you in the whole world,î she said. ìYou have
served as a prop to one who was drifting along a stream. If God fulfils my heartís desire
tomorrow, I will cherish you, my dear, as the apple of my eye.î Thus lavishing every term
of endearment on her maid-servant, Kaikey∂ retired to the sulking-room. Discord was the
seed and the servant-girl (Mantharå) the rainy season; while the evil mind of Kaikey∂
served as the soil. Fed by the water of wiliness the seed took root and sprouted with the
two boons as its leaves and will eventually bear the fruit of adversity. Gathering about her
every token of resentment, Kaikey∂ lay down on the floor in the sulking-room; while enjoying
of the wheels of his chariot got loosened and was about to fall when Queen Kaikey∂, who had accompanied
the king to the battlefield, perceived it and inserting her own arm in place of the axle prevented the chariot from
toppling down and held her arm in that position till her husband was able to vanquish his foe. The king was
filled with admiration and gratitude when he marked this heroic feat of his queen and offered her two boons,
which the queen prudently reserved for a future occasion.