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›R∫ RÅMACARITAMÅNASA *
unique hospitality shown by the sage by dint of his Yogic powers and sorrow because
at a time when they should abstain from luxuries of every kind they were being offered
the same). (1ó4)
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Do.: sa≈pati caka∂ bharatu caka muni åyasa khelavåra,
tehi nisi å‹rama pi≈jarå° råkhe bhå bhinusåra.215.
Affluence, like a female Cakravåka bird, and Bharata, as her mate, were imprisoned
together that night in the cage of the hermitage by the sageís order, which may be
compared here with a playful child. And they remained there till it was dawn.* (215)
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Cau.: k∂nha nimajjanu t∂ratharåjå, nåi munihi siru sahita samåjå.
rii åyasu as∂sa sira råkh∂, kari da≈Œavata binaya bahu bhå∂.1.
patha gati kusala såtha saba l∂nhe°, cale citrakµu¢ahiÚ citu d∂nhe°.
råmasakhå kara d∂nhe° lågµu, calata deha dhari janu anurågµu.2.
nahiÚ pada tråna s∂sa nahiÚ chåyå, pemu nemu bratu dharamu amåyå.
lakhana råma siya pa≈tha kahån∂, pµu° chata sakhahi kahata mædu bån∂.3.
råma båsa thala bi¢apa biloke°, ura anuråga rahata nahiÚ roke°.
dekhi daså sura barisahiÚ phµulå, bhai mædu mahi magu ma≈gala mµulå.4.
Bharata and his party took a dip into the Triveƒ∂ (the confluence of the Ga∆gå,
Yamunå and Sarasvat∂), the chief of sacred places, and bowed their head to the sage
(Bharadvåja). Bharata reverently received his orders and blessings and prostrating himself
made much supplication. Accompanied by expert guides and taking the whole host alongwith
him he proceeded on his journey with his thoughts directed towards Citrakµu¢a. Holding
›r∂ Råmaís friend (Guha) by the hand he walked along like the very incarnation of love. He
had no shoes and no umbrella over his head; and his love, self-discipline, austerity and
piety were unfeigned. He asked his friend (Guha) to give an account of the wanderings of
Lakmaƒa, ›r∂ Råma and S∂tå; while Guha narrated the same in soft accents. When he
* The metaphor is intended to show that just as a Cakravåka pair would never unite even though
caught in a cage and would spend the whole night turning their back upon each other, likewise Bharata did
not even care to look at the luxuries in the midst of which he was forced to remain overnight. He kept
scrupulously aloof from them.