CLOSELY GUARDED

Your death is certain at his hands. What then do you gain by this cheating? I will never be yours. I shall die before I yield to you and you cannot escape my lord, having incurred his wrath. Very soon you will see the river Vaitarani in hell. The red-hot image is awaiting you there for your embrace. So is the tree with iron spikes. Raama within an hour slew your army of myriad Raakshasas in Janasthaana. Will he let you escape? Soon will he send you to Yama."

While Seeta was speaking words of contempt and warning, Raavana, chariotless, sped like an arrow across the sky towards Lanka. They went over many mountains and rivers and Seeta saw some people below standing on a hill-top. She took off her sash and tying up her jewels in it threw the bundle down.

She did this hoping that the ornaments thus dropped may be seen by Raama and give him a clue of the direction in which she was carried away.

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