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## The Eighth Chapter of the Sixty-Fourth Book
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She said, "I will fast," and having thus resolved, she thought, "My mother, though not my birth mother, is grieving for me as if I were her own." **36**
She bowed low and looked at her with affection, as if her own daughter were looking at her at the time of her installation. **361**
"This sweet sight of this virtuous woman is burning me from all sides," thought Mandodari, consumed by grief. **362**
Overwhelmed with sorrow, she entered the city, humbled by her grief. Then, from the Sisipā tree, the messenger, Hanuman, came, assuming the form of a monkey by the power of the Plavaga Vidya. **363**
He put the guards of the forest to sleep with his magic and stood before Sita. **364**
Bowing to her, the monkey narrated his entire story and said, "By the order of my master, Lord Rama, I have brought this casket containing a letter." **365**
He placed the casket before her. Seeing the monkey, Sita doubted, "Is this the wicked Ravana, assuming a magical form?" **366**
As she was thus doubtful, her eyes fell upon the ring adorned with the Srivatsa mark and engraved with the letters of her husband's name. **367**
"This too seems like his magic," she thought. "Who knows? Perhaps this letter is also his." **368**
She broke the seal, recognizing it as the great king's, and read the letter. After reading it, her grief vanished, and she looked at him with affection. **369**
"You have kept me alive," she said. "Therefore, you are in the place of my father, you are like my father." **370**
Hanuman, covering his ears, replied, "Mother, you are the great queen of my master. Do not entertain any other thoughts. Though I have the power to take you today, I do not have my master's order. King Rama will come himself, kill Ravana, and take you with him, along with his wealth. His courage will spread his fame throughout the three worlds." **371-372**
"Therefore, eat something to sustain your body," he said. **373**