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JANUARY, 1913.] THE RAMACHARITAMANASA AND THE RAMAYANA
(19) In the R. C. M. (II, 44, 9-10) Daçaratha prays Çiva that Rama may disregard his command and refuse to go to the woods. The same wish Valmiki ascribes to Daçaratha in the R. (C, II, 12, 86).
(20) Rams, in order to dissuade Sita from her resolution to follow him to the exile, draws & sketch of the hardships of the forest, insisting particularly on the following points: (1) sleeping on the bare ground; (2) wearing bark-garments; (3) living on fruits, bulbs and roots and fasting occasionally when that natural food is scanty: C, II, 28, 11 and ff (B, II, 28, 20 and f :)
R. C.M., II, 62, 9-10; supyate parqaçaygâan evayambhagnasu bhatale 1... || 11 || ahoratram cha samtoshaḥ kartavyo niyatâtmana kanda-phala-mula to ki saga saba phalair vrikshavapatitaiḥ ....ll 12 il apavasac cha dina milahin samaya samaya anukartavyo...1 jafâbhârag cha kartavyo valkala mbara- küla 11 dharanam 11 13 11.... 11 y athalabdhena kartavyah samtoshas....! yatha 'hârair vanacharaih .... 11 17 11
The last point is better developed in : B, II, 28, 22 (C wanting): vaneshy alabhyamâne cha Tanye mûlaphale panab | bahay aháni vastavyam nirkhårair vanâçrayaiḥ 11 2211.
(21) Sita answers that a layer of grass will be for her the most delightful bed and that traits and roots will be as sweet as ambrosis, provided she be near Rama: C, II, 30, 14-15 (B, II, 80, 16-17 ):
| R.C. M., II, 66, 234 : cidvaleshu yada çiçye vanântarvanagochara kuthåstara- kusa-kisalaya-Bâthart sahât prenaynkteshu kim syât sukhataram tatah || 14 || patram bhu-samga mañja Manoje-tarat il múlam phalam yat tu alpam va yadi va bahu dâsyase kanda mula phala amia ahird 1 avayam abfitya tan me 'mpitarasopamam ! 15 | and protests she will never get weary on the way : C, II, 30, 119 (B, II, 80, 194 ) :
R.O.M., II, 67,14 : na cha me bhavitâ tatra kaqchit pathi pariçramaḥ 1. mohi maga chalata na hoihi hårt 1.
(22) After Sitâ has been given permission to follow her spouse, Lakshmaņa grasps his brother's feet, wishing to be allowed to accompany him: C, II, 31, 1 and ff (B, II, 31, 4 and ) :
R. C.M., II, 70, 1-2: avam crutvå sa Bamvadam Lakshmanah půrvam âgatah 1 l samacbära jaba Lachhimana paye båshpaparyakulamukhah cokam sodham açaknuvan || 1 11 byâkula bilasha-badans uthi dhiye ca bhràtuc charaṇau gâdham nipidya Raghanandanah .... kampa pulaka tana nayana sanfrá
gahe charana ati-prema adhira It. (23) In the R.C. M. SumitrA instructa Lakshmana to take heed that RÂms and sits liva happily in the woods and forget their father, mother, friends and relations and the pleasures of the city. This can be traced back to a passage in the R. where Sitê says she will never think, while in the woods, of her parents, or of the palace, which she has renounced : C, II, 30, 16 (B, II, 30, 18) :
R. C.M., II, 75, 9-10 : na matur na pitas tatra gmarishyami na veçmanah 1. apadesa yaha jehi jata tumhare
Rama Siya sukha pârahim | pitamáta-priya-parivara-pura-sukha surati bana bisarayah II.
