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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYAM
38. His son, Vijayaratha accepts the suzerainty of Bharata, engages his sister Ratimālā to Lakṣmana and marries his other sister Vijayasundari to Bharata. Rāma along with Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā return to Vijayapura. From there they reach Kṣemañjalipura (Khemañjalipura). There Lakṣmaṇa wins the hand of Jitapadma, the daughter of king Śatrudamana.
39. From there they proceed to Vamśagiri and protect two monks, Deśabhüşana and Kulabhuṣana from a calamity (uvasagga) brought upon them by a celestial being. Another celestial being, Garudadhipati appears there and promises to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa his help in difficulty.
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40. Suraprabha, the king of Vamsasthalapura greets Rāma and constructs many Jina-shrines on that hill at the request of Rama. The hill comes to be known as Ramagiri.
41. Thereafter they resume their journey and enter the Dandakaranya. Two monks, Sugupti and Trigupti arrive there. They worship these monks and offer alms to them. In the meanwhile a diseased vulture (Jaṭāyū = Giddha, Jaḍāgi or Jaḍāu) falls down there. It gets cured by the touch of the foot-wash-water of the monks. The monks entrust it to Siti and depart from there.
42. Rama along with Sita and Lakṣmaṇa reaches the river Krauñcarava and sojourns there.
43. Once Lakṣmaṇa curiously proceeds towards the direction from which some fragrant smell gushes forth. He comes across a grove of bamboos and sees there a divine sword. He lifts it up and as soon as he cuts off the thicket, a severed head falls out of it. He soon repairs to Rāma and acquaints him with the sad incident. Now Candranakha, the sister of Ravana with the hope of calling on her son Šambuka who had entered the Daṇḍakaranya to obtain a divine sword, called Suryahāsa, by performing some penance, gets stunned to find there her son slain. While in search of the murderer she gets a glance of the handsome figures of Rama and Lakṣmana. Being smitten with cupid's arrows she transforms herself into a young and beautiful lady and proposes to marry Rama. At this Rama and Lakṣmana are taken aback. Not finding any favour from them she gets enraged and returns to Patalankarapura.
44. She instigates her husband, Kharadūṣaṇa to take revenge upon the murderers of their son and further gives a false report that she had, with great difficulty, rescued herself from being molested by them. Kharaduṣaṇa sends a message to Rāvana and himself proceeds
