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## English Translation:
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They are born from the womb. Here, the names of Bharat and Shatrughna's mother are not given. Dashanan, the destroyer of ten, is the son of Pulatsya from the Vidhyadhar lineage. One day, he sees Manimati, the daughter of Amitvega, performing austerities and, becoming attached to her, tries to obstruct her practice. Manimati resolves, "I will be born as his daughter and kill him." After death, she enters the womb of Mandodari, Ravana's queen. After her birth, astrologers tell Ravana that this daughter will destroy him. Therefore, fearing this, Ravana orders Maricha to abandon her somewhere. Placing the girl in a casket, Maricha buries it in the Mithila country. Due to the tip of a plow getting entangled, the casket is revealed and brought to the king by the people. Janak opens the casket, sees the girl, names her Sita, and raises her as his daughter. After a long time, Janak invites Rama and Lakshmana to protect his yagna. After the yagna is completed, Rama and Sita are married. After this, Rama marries seven other maidens, and Lakshmana marries sixteen royal princesses, including Prithvi Devi. Both, following Dasharatha's order, reside in Varanasi.
**Introduction**
Hearing the description of Sita's beauty from Narada, Ravana resolves to abduct her. To test Sita's mind, Shurpnakha is sent, but seeing Sita's chastity, she returns to Ravana, saying that it is impossible to sway Sita's mind. When Rama and Sita are strolling in the Chitrakoot garden near Varanasi, Maricha, assuming the form of a golden deer, lures Rama away. Meanwhile, Ravana, taking Rama's form, tells Sita that he has sent a golden chariot and orders her to board it. This chariot is actually the Pushpak Vimana, which takes Sita to Lanka. Ravana does not touch Sita because the touch of a chaste woman destroys his celestial flying ability.
Dasharatha learns through a dream that Ravana has abducted Sita and sends this news to Rama. Meanwhile, Sugriva and Hanuman arrive to seek help against the demon. Hanuman goes to Lanka, consoles Sita, and returns. [There is no mention of the burning of Lanka.] After this, Lakshmana kills the demon, and Sugriva gains control of his kingdom. Now, the army of monkeys sets out towards Lanka with Rama's army. At the end of the detailed description of the war, Lakshmana beheads Ravana with his chakra. After this, Lakshmana conquers the world, becomes a semi-universal emperor [Narayana], and returns to Ayodhya. Lakshmana has sixteen thousand wives, and Rama has eight thousand. Sita has eight sons. [There is no mention of Sita's abandonment.] Lakshmana dies of an incurable disease and goes to hell due to the killing of Ravana. Rama, after crowning his son, Prithvisundar, on the throne and Sita's son, Ajitangaya, as the crown prince, takes initiation and attains liberation. Sita, along with many queens, also takes initiation and goes to the heaven of Achyuta.
This Ramayana of the Uttarapurana is not prevalent in the Shvetambar sect. The Ramayana in Acharya Hemchandra's Trishatishalaka Purushacharita is completely in line with the story of the 'Paumachariya' or Padmacharita. It seems that both 'Paumachariya' and 'Padmacharita' were available to Hemchandracharya. Gunabhadracharya
It is said that Ravana, with his excellent arrows, stopped the son of Kekaya, who was like a mountain cloud. [Verse 94, Chapter 74] The son of Kekaya, who was seated in the sky, released the Mahendra weapon. [Verse 100, Chapter 4]
An investigation of the text reveals that Ravishaena has written the name of Bharat's mother as 'Kekaya' and has referred to Lakshmana's mother with both the names 'Sumitra' and 'Kekaya'.