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SUMMARY from their husband and sons. Kaikeyi is unable to bear the agony of her co-wives She sends Bharata and follows him to call Rāma back. When she meets Rāma, she weeps, implores the latter to forgive her, asks him to return to Saketa and occupy the throne. But Rāma does not return. He coronates Bharata there in the forest itself and proceeds towards the south. Bharata goes back to Saketa and waits for the day of Rāma's coming back when he will accept ordination throwing off the burden of kingdom.
33. Rāma on his way comes across the hermitages of recluses, traverses the Citrakūta hill, enters the territory of Avanti and proceeds to Daśapura. Lakşmaņa there subdues Simhodara, the king of Ujjain and restores Daśapura to the latter's feudatory, Vajrakarna Lakşmana promises to marry later the maids offered to him by both the kings. Rāma then reaches Kūvavadda (Kūvarapura) on his way to Malayagiri.
34. There Lakşmana promises to Kalyānamālā, the princess of that town (iving in the disguise of a male) to rescue her father, Balikhilya from the capitivity of the Mleccha chief Rudrabhati and to marry her later. Proceeding further they cross the river Narmada and enter the Vindhya forest. There they have an encounter with Rudrabhūti, the chief of the Kagonanda tribe. Lakşmana subdues him and gets Balikhilya released from his captivity.
35. Then traversing the region of the river Taptī they enter Arunagrāma and go to the residence of Brahmin Kapila to quench the thirst of Sītā. When Kapila insults them for polluting his sacred house, they decide never to take shelter in the house of any one but to sojourn outside a settlement. Then they repair to the forest. There they stay in the colony of Rāmapura, conjured up specially for them by Vināyaka Pootana, a Yakşa lord.
36. After some days as they resume their journey, the Yakşa presents Rāma, Lakşmapa and Sītā with a necklace, a pair of earrings and a braid-jewel respectively. He gives them a lute also. They reach Vijayapura which was ruled by Mahidhara. Lakşmaņa rescues princess Vanamālā who was about to commit suicide losing all her long-cherished hopes of marrying the former. Lakşmapa promises to marry her.
37. Rāma and Lakşmapa come to know that Bharata is attacked by Ativīrya, the king of Nandyāvartapura. They move to the battlefield and imprison Ativīrya by the trick of disguising themselves as dancing girls. Ativīrva renounces the world.