For
what, or under whose compulsion? None compelled, nor any superior
office thrust upon him that onerous duty. It is impossible to
imagine the success of Rama's self-banishment without Lakshmana by
his side from start to finish. His eternal vigil and inseparable
company acted as danger - proof armour and enabled Rama to
materialize his wish.
Little
wonder it is that they must be given equal importance, identical
approbation and veneration. Anything less tantamount to either
non-recognition or ill comprehension. They are synonyms, whose
corresponding virtues, though not bear similitude, each completes
what the other lacks. Like object and shadow, they are inseparable,
and interchangeable, but exist in two indivisible individual
bodies.
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