RAAMA LEAVES HOME

"It is not right that I should send a mere lad to fight them, I am here, and my army is ready to march. How can a lad protect you and your yaaga? Tell me all about your foes. I shall go with you at the head of my army and do your bidding and serve your need. Do tell me about these desecrators."

Viswaamitra described Maareecha and Subaahu and Raavana their master. And he demanded again that Rama should be sent along with him.

Dasaratha persisted in refusal. "Parting from Rama will be death to me," he said. "I shall go with you, I and my army, Why, it seems to me the task proposed is pretty hard even for me. How then can my son cope with it? Indeed, I cannot send him. If you please, I am ready with my army."

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