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The Seventy-Seventh Chapter
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Thus, after being told by Sita and due to the absence of her husband's order, the other women, who were eloquent, did not express their desire to accompany her. ||7||
Then, after paying obeisance to the Siddhas, Sita, with a cheerful face, mounted the radiant chariot, having attained supreme joy. ||72||
Mounted on that chariot, adorned with jewels and gold, she shone like a celestial damsel adorned with a garland of jewels, riding on a celestial chariot. ||73||
Driven by the commander-in-chief, Krtaantavaktra, the chariot, yoked with excellent horses, sped like a swift arrow released by Bharata. ||74||
Perched on a dry tree, the crow, extremely agitated, was making a harsh sound, repeatedly flapping its wings and head. ||75||
A woman, afflicted by great sorrow, with her hair disheveled, and weeping, came forward and began to cry. ||76||
Although Sita saw these inauspicious omens, she continued to move forward with unwavering determination, her mind fixed on the Jina. ||77||
The chariot, traversing the peaks of mountains, ravines, caves, and forests, covered a yojana in the blink of an eye. ||78||
That chariot, yoked with horses as swift as Garuda, adorned with white flags, and resembling the sun's chariot in brilliance, moved forward without any hindrance. ||79||
The chariot, on which Rama's beloved, the queen of the gods, was riding, whose speed was like that of a wish, and whose horses were driven by Krtaantavaktra, the charioteer, was exceedingly beautiful. ||80||
There, Sita, with a slender body supported by a cushion, was seated on an excellent seat, and was moving forward, looking at various kinds of land. ||81||
She saw, with great curiosity, beautiful ponds adorned with lotuses and other flowers, sometimes in villages, sometimes in cities, and sometimes in forests. ||82||
She saw, sometimes, a vast grove of trees, where the dense darkness was like the night covered by a cloud-like sheet, and whose separateness was difficult to discern. ||83||
Sometimes, she saw a forest, whose flowers, fruits, and leaves had fallen, which was thin, with few branches, and whose leaves were sparse, like a widowed woman of a noble family. ||84||