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## Chapter Forty-Six
**Verse 155:** The vines, with their delicate leaves like hands, dance in the gentle breeze, adorned with beautiful flowers and fruits.
**Verse 156:** Beloved by the deer, these trees, with their long, cloud-like branches, provide shade in all seasons and are constantly served by them.
**Verse 157:** The ponds, with their lotus-like faces, gaze upon the beauty of the forest, their dark, lotus-like eyes seemingly never satisfied.
**Verse 158:** The ponds, dancing in the gentle breeze, seem to laugh with the flocks of swans, their laughter echoing the deep calls of the cuckoos in the dense forests.
**Verse 159:** What more need be said? This garden, called "Pramada," filled with all pleasures and festivities, surpasses even the Nandana forest in beauty.
**Verse 160:** In this Pramada garden, there is a pond called "Ashoka Malini," adorned with lotus leaves, golden steps, and intricately designed towers.
**Verse 161:** This garden is further embellished with beautiful houses, adorned with windows and balconies, embraced by lush vines, and waterfalls cascading with sparkling water.
**Verse 162:** In this garden, under the shade of an Ashoka tree, sits Shokavati Sita, looking like Lakshmi herself, fallen from heaven.
**Verse 163:** At Ravana's command, women adorned with clothes, perfumes, and ornaments, constantly try to please Sita.
**Verse 164:** But even with divine music, sweet words like nectar, and wealth beyond compare, Sita cannot be swayed.
**Verse 165:** Despite this, Ravana, consumed by the flames of his passionate love, sends one messenger after another.
**Verse 166:** He says, "Go, messenger, and tell Sita that it is no longer appropriate to ignore Ravana, who is filled with love. Let her be pleased."
**Verse 167:** The messenger goes to Sita and returns to Ravana, saying, "O Lord, she has abandoned her food and sits alone. How can she accept you?"