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In the Padma Purana, Sita, who is pure and virtuous, has been unjustly accused. Who would not know that she brings happiness to the mind? ||56||
Some were saying, "Oh friend! Look at Rama, bereft of Sita. He appears like the moon without moonlight and the sun without radiance." ||57||
Others said, "What can the beauty of another do for him? He is himself supremely beautiful, the wise Balarama." ||58||
Some said, "Oh Sita! What have you done by abandoning such a great husband? You are truly hard-hearted like a thunderbolt." ||59||
Some said, "Sita is supremely blessed, wise, devoted to her husband, and a true woman. She has left the misery of her home, seeking her own good." ||60||
Some said, "Oh Sita! How could you leave these two delicate, joy-giving, and supremely devoted sons?" ||61||
The love of women for their husbands may sometimes waver, but never for their sons nurtured by their own milk. ||62||
Some said, "These two princes are the best of men, nourished by virtue. What is the mother doing here? Everyone is engaged in their own karma, receiving the fruits of their actions." ||63||
Thus, the women, engaged in conversation and eager to see Rama, were not satisfied, like bees that never find enough honey. ||64||
Many noble men, seeing Lakshmana, said, "This is Narayana, adorned with the wonderful Lakshmi, who has conquered the world with his power, who holds the discus in his hand, who is radiant, the lord of Lakshmi, the best of all, and who is, as it were, the embodiment of the vow of widowhood for the enemies of the gods." ||65-66||
Thus, Rama and Lakshmana, praised and worshipped by the crowds of the city, entered their home like Indra himself entering his celestial chariot. ||67||
This is the way it is. What they have done is right. ||55||