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Failing in this the co-wives engaged their maid-servants to carry this false story from door to door in the capital which was very effectively done, as if 'they made sun rise at the midnight'. The poet regrets:
What cruel act it is to smear others with scandal ! To do so is the severest of wasting diseases.
Those who cannot tolerate good moments of others, Overpowered by jealousy, they indulge in such acts. (p. 29)
Next poured in the report by Rama's "trusted" intelligence men in the following words :
The so-called chaste lady is ill-famed in every home. Alone did she reside at Lanka for full six months
How do we trust then that her chastity remains unhurt? The heart of the Ten-head was always bent on her To fulfil his desire he would be soft and harsh Would carry her alone in the Puspaka air-craft And enjoy life with her in lonely parks.
With letters, instruments and charms at his bid He had even overpowered gods and goddesses. Is it then possible to believe that in such hands as this Her chastity would go untouched and unhurt? (p. 33)
The trust was wholly misplaced, since these men had already played mercenary in the hands of the co-wives. So they became instruments in carrying further the whole plot. Added they :
There are other ladies, full embodiment of beauty; Why not your Majesty! give her up to uphold
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the popular wish. (pp. 34)
The argument of the intelligence men was so contrived that it had hardly any gap and so Rama fell almost a prey to the plot, though with a little more caution he could have saved himself. desired further verification of the scandal.
But as a rational being, he For, said he unto himself:
Where chastity itself speaks in her wide-open life, Where the glow of purity shines in her brilliant eyes, What of Ravana, even the lord of gods would not
overpower her,
And my own heart testifies for her unshakable devotion.
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| SR No. | 520021 |
| Book Title | Jain Journal 1971 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Jain Bhawan Publication |
| Publisher | Jain Bhawan Publication |
| Publication Year | 1971 |
| Total Pages | 54 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Jain Journal, & India |
| File Size | 3 MB |