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The twenty-first chapter. Having heard his words, which were extremely beneficial and certain, Rama pondered for a moment, considering all his duties. ||1|| Seeing Ananglavana's son sitting there, he bestowed upon him the position of king with supreme power. ||2|| Ananglavana, who was equal to his father in qualities and actions, and who was bowed to by all the chieftains, became the bearer of the family's burden. ||3|| Ananglavana, who was supremely established, full of love and prowess, attained all the auspiciousness of the earth, just as victory does. ||4|| Vibhishana gave the kingdom of Lanka to his son, Subhushan, and Sugriva also gave his kingdom to Angada's son. ||5|| Then, Dasharatha's son Rama, seeing the kingdom like poisoned food or a wicked wife, abandoned it, just as Bharata had done before. ||6|| He chose the one path of liberation, which was worshipped by gods and demons, cherished by the sage-aspirants, and characterized by the emergence of the quality of impartiality. ||7|| Frightened by birth and death, and bearing the stain of karma, Rama embraced the path prescribed by the sage Suvrata. ||8|| Having attained enlightenment, Kakutstha, free from the afflictions of existence, shone brightly, like the sun emerging from the clouds. ||9|| Then, a wealthy merchant named Arhadasa came to see him. Sitting in the assembly, Rama inquired about the well-being of the entire community of monks. ||10|| The merchant replied, "O King, because of your suffering, even the monks on earth have experienced great sorrow." ||11|| At that moment, the sky-faring sage Suvrata, the bearer of the lineage of the sage Suvrata, who was the embodiment of detachment, came to know of Rama's situation and arrived there. ||12||