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
who was lying on her bed got up somewhat shocked. The attendants moved back and stood aloof. Ravan sat near Mandodari
"My Lord! What may be the purpose of your sudden visit?”
"Dear one! Fortune has favoured me! The goddess of fortune has smiled upon me. The time has come for the fulfilment of my desires."
“My lord! I wish it may be so.”
"Trijata just now brought the happy news that Sita is today extremely cheerful and joyous; that anguish has disappeared from her face and that she has been swaying in delight. I think she has forgotten Ram. How long can her patiance last ? She must have thought, "It is futile to desire to be reunited with Ram. That will never happen. The emperor of Lanka has been yearning for my love. He has grown mad with his infatuation for me. Therefore, why should I not experience happiness by fulfilling his desire ? Can any woman retain her patience endlessly? I have done everything possible to return to him. I have yearned to go back to him but he too is a human being. I do not know whether he knows my thoughts and feelings."
"My lord ! As a matter of fact, woman can never exist without the company of man. The woman who is separated from her husband keeps grieving over her lot throughout her life and finally falls into the jaws of death. Sita is also a woman. She needed so many days to forget her husband Ram. Moreover, in this world, can there be any unfortunate woman whom you desire and who does not desire you? There can be no such woman. Ah! I knew that Sita would love you some day or the other because you are unexampled in your heroism; you have conquered the whole universe and you possess a fascinating appearance. Only a woman can know the heart of a woman. Women generally show hatred and contempt outwardly towards a man whom they love and adore inwardly and they generally pretend to admire and adore a man whom they inwardly despise. I too believe that she inwardly loves you and adores you."