Jain Ramayana Part 3

SR No.: 002023
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 518
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Story, & Literature
File Size: 24 MB

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JAIN RAMAYAN
You had no place to recline or rest in those wild forests. You had to keep wandering endlessly. Yes, dear sons ! It is true that Ram and Sita could bear with all their adversities cheerfully only because of the service you rendered to them and the devotion you showed them. Though mountains of calamities fell on them, they remained calm and unshaken like rocks, whereas I lived in a palace surrounded by all comforts. I had all comforts and amenities. I lacked nothing. What worry did I have ? What grief did I experience ? Nothing, I tell you, it was nothing compared to what you suffered.” said Aparajita wiping Lakshman's tears with the edge of her sari.
"True mother! During our stay in the forests, while we were wandering though wild forests and even while we were fighting a terrible war, I did not think of you or my father, because Shri Ram was always by my side taking care of me showering his affection and compassion upon me; and Sita was an image of yourself always. She did not treat me like a sisterin-law. She treated me as a mother treats her son. I always saw you in Sita."
Hearing Lakshman praising her, Sita felt a little shy and turned her face towards Sumitra. Then, she placed her head in Sumitra's lap. Sumitra took her up and embraced her and blessed her with heartfelt affection.
"Mother ! A little carelessness on our part brought about a terrible calamity in Sita's life but by the efficacy of your blessings and by the good wishes of our friends and relatives, we destroyed the enemy and now we have returned to Ayodhya.”
Sita was saying something in whispers to Sumitra. “My lord, Shri Ram and my dear brother-in-law, Lakshman had to face countless disasters on my account. They had to face terrible calamities. These things would not have occurred if I had not gone to the forests with them." Sumitra interrupted her and said.