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## Padma Purana
**One Hundred and Eighteenth Chapter:** Sugriva, etc., and Lakshmana inspire the cremation of Lakshmana, but Rama, angered by them, takes Lakshmana and leaves for another place. Rama bathes Lakshmana's body, tries to feed him, and adorns him with sandalwood paste, etc. In this state, some enemy kings from the south advise an attack on Ayodhya and arrive with a large army. But the former friend of Rama, the commander Krtaantavaktra, and the soul of Jatayu, who had become a god in heaven, come and destroy this disturbance. Having removed the enemy disturbance, both of them address Rama in various ways, due to which Rama cremates Lakshmana's body after six months.
**One Hundred and Nineteenth Chapter:** Rama, detached from the world, wants to give the kingdom to Shatrughna, but he refuses to take it. Then, handing over the burden of the kingdom to his son Anangalavana, he takes the Nirgrantha initiation. At the same time, Vibhishana, etc., also give their kingdoms to their sons and take initiation.
**One Hundred and Twentieth Chapter:** The great sage Ramachandra comes to the city for Charya, but due to an extraordinary disturbance in the city, he returns to the forest without taking any food.
**One Hundred and Twenty-First Chapter:** The sage Rama takes a five-day fast and makes a rule that if he finds food in the forest, he will eat it, otherwise not. King Pratinanda and Queen Prabhava provide him with food in the forest itself and make their household life successful.
**One Hundred and Twenty-Second Chapter:** Rama is absorbed in penance. The soul of Sita, Achyuta, the king of heaven, knowing from his divine knowledge that Rama is about to attain liberation from this very birth, tries to distract him out of affection. But all his efforts are in vain. The great sage Rama attains the क्षपकश्रेणी (Ksapkashreni) and becomes a Kevali.
**One Hundred and Twenty-Third Chapter:** The soul of Sita, Pratindra, goes to hell and addresses the soul of Lakshmana. He gives him religious instruction. He is saddened by his suffering and tries to get him out of hell, but all his efforts are in vain. ... After getting out of hell, he goes to the shelter of the Kevali Rama and asks him where the soul of Dasharatha was born? What is the state of the Bhamandala? What will happen to Lakshmana, Ravana, etc. in the future? He asks all this. The Kevali Rama answers him through his divine voice. The Kevali Rama attains Nirvana. ... In the end, the author, Ravishenacharya, writes his own praise.
**One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Chapter:** ...