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## The Eighty-First Chapter
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Then, though she had refrained from speaking for a moment due to distress, Sita again wept, her mind tormented by the wheel of sorrow. ||30||
Then, urged by the king, who spoke sweetly, she, suppressing her anger, spoke in a voice choked with grief, like a distressed swan. ||31||
"O King, if you wish to know, then listen with your mind, for this story of mine, an unfortunate woman, is very long. ||32||
I am Sita, the daughter of King Janaka, the sister of Bhamandala, the daughter-in-law of Dasharatha, and the wife of Rama. ||33||
King Dasharatha, by the boon of Kekaya, gave his position to Bharata and embraced the path of an ascetic. ||34||
Therefore, Rama, Lakshmana, and I had to go to the forest. You must have heard, O virtuous one, about all that happened. ||35||
I was abducted by the king of the Rakshasas, Ravana. My husband, Rama, united with Sugriva, and I received news on the eleventh day. ||36||
My husband, after crossing the ocean in celestial chariots, defeated Dashanana in battle and brought me back. ||37||
Bharata, like a chakravarti, renounced his kingdom and embraced the path of a Digambara, shedding the dust of karma and attaining liberation. ||38||
Kekaya, consumed by grief for her son, took initiation and, after performing austerities, ascended to heaven. ||39||
On this earth, people without restraint, with wicked minds, without any doubt, slander me, saying that Ravana, a great scholar, took another man's wife, and Rama, a knower of Dharma Shastra, brought her back and continues to serve her. ||40-41||
The state in which a king with firm resolve conducts himself is also beneficial for us, there is no fault in it. ||42||
When I, with a thin body, became pregnant, I thought, "I will worship all the Jina images on this earth." ||43||
Then, my husband, Rama, who is full of glory, was eager to worship the Jina images in the places of great merit of the Jina. ||44||
He said, "O Sita, first let us go to Mount Kailasa and worship Rishabha, the joy of the world." ||45||