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## Chapter Thirty-Five
Having said this, Rama freed him and, placing Lakshmana in front, he departed from the hermitage with Sita. ||29||
"Fie! Fie! upon the association of the low, the cause of hearing harsh words, the creator of mental disturbances, and the one whom great men avoid." ||30||
"It is better to dwell in a cold, inaccessible forest under a tree, to abandon all possessions and wander the world, and to abandon food and die happily, than to stay even for a moment in the house of one who despises you." ||31-32||
"We will dwell on the banks of rivers and in the most beautiful caves of mountains, but we will never again enter the house of the wicked." ||33||
Thus condemning the association of the wicked and bearing great pride, Rama left the village and took the path of the forest. ||34||
Then came the rainy season, turning the entire sky blue and echoing through the caves with the sound of thunder. ||35||
The sky seemed to laugh, hiding the constellations and the celestial bodies behind a curtain of lightning. ||36||
The clouds roared, driving away the fierce heat of summer, and seemed to threaten the travelers with their lightning fingers. ||37||
The dark clouds, filled with rain, prepared to shower Sita with water, just as an elephant prepares to shower Lakshmi. ||38||
Then they reached a nearby, vast banyan tree, whose trunk was as secure as a house and whose branches were very high. ||39||
Then, overwhelmed by their brilliance, a Yaksha named Ibhakarn went to his master, who lived in the Vindhya forest, and bowing down, said, "O Master! Three great men have come from heaven and stayed in my house, who have overwhelmed me with their brilliance and driven me out of my house quickly." ||40-41||
Hearing Ibhakarn's words, the Yaksha king smiled and, with his wives, set out to go to the banyan tree, playfully. ||42||