SEETA COMFORTRED

The three of us entered the forest and were living in Dandaka. One day the evil-hearted Raavana carried me off by force. And he has kept me a prisoner here in this Asoka garden. Of the time-limit of twelve months he has set for me, only two more months remain. When they are over I shall end my life."

Thus spoke the helpless princess in her sorrow.

The speeches of Hanumaan and of Jaanaki are sung by Vaalmeeki in two brief chapters. As Hari appeared before the emperor Bali in the form of Vaamana and measured the universe in two steps, so Vaalmeeki has given the tale of Raama in a short recital by Hanumaan and another by Seeta. What greater joy can we have than reading Hanumaan and Seeta telling the divine story themselves? As Vaamana got the better of Bali and saved him from his ahankaara, may this tale of Raama as told by Hanumaan and Seeta rid us of the sense of 'I' and 'my'.

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