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The Thirty-Eighth Chapter
Having paid the highest praise to the great prowess, the work done by the dancers is truly wonderful. ||28|| Where else in the entire world is there such power in women? This work has certainly been done by the goddesses of the Jina's teachings. ||29|| With a mind filled with joy, he went to see the earth filled with various kinds of grains. ||30|| His fame spread throughout the entire world, bearing the ultimate influence, and he, along with Shatrughna, entered Ayodhya, filled with the highest joy. ||31|| He stayed there with Vijay Sundari, enjoying her company, like the sound of thunder with Sulochana. ||32|| Rama and Lakshmana, bringing joy to all the worlds, stayed in the city of the earth-bearer for a while. ||33|| Then, after consulting with Janaki, their minds set on duty, they were ready to depart for their desired destination. ||34|| Then, Vanamala, with beautiful features, her eyes filled with tears and trembling eyelashes, spoke to Lakshmana: "My dear, if you had to leave me, a woman of bad fortune, why did you save me from death earlier? Tell me." ||35-36|| Then, Lakshmana said: "My dear, my beloved, my beautiful one, do not be sad. I will return very soon." ||37|| "My dear, who enjoys the finest pleasures, if I do not return to you soon, I will attain the same fate as those who are deprived of right vision." ||38|| "My dear, if I do not return to you, I will be stained by the sin of those arrogant men who insult the virtuous." ||39|| "My beloved, we must protect our father's words as if they were our own lives, and we must go to the shore of the southern ocean without any hesitation." ||40|| "I will go to the valley of the Malaya mountain, build a magnificent dwelling, and then bring you there. My dear, with beautiful thighs, be patient until then." ||41|| Thus, Lakshmana, having pacified Vanamala with oaths filled with beautiful words, went to Rama. ||42||
1. Ayodhya.
2. Jayakumar, another name for Meghasvara.
3. Malaya valley.
4. Malaya.
5. Oaths.