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Therefore, do not feel anxious about their future. Sita requested the layman Siddhaputra to stay at Pundarikapura and be a teacher of her sons. The layman agreed and soon under the gaurdianship of the worthy Siddhaputra, the two lads mastered different branches of knowledge and arts. When they stepped into puberty, King Vajrajangha and Queen Lakşmivati offered their daughter princess Śaśicula and thirty two girls to Lava.
They said, "Here are the famous and seasoned warriors of impeccable backgrounds, running for their lives ! and guess, who has defeated them ? We, young and inexperienced lads of dubious backgrounds." King Prthu said, "Your valour bears the testimony of your noble background, blessed indeed is the dynasty that you are born in ! My friend Vajrajangha had really chosen an ideal life partner for my daughter, but I like a fool. insulted him and you. A virtuous daughter indeed marries a man like you. Pray, forgive my imprudence." With these words, King Pythu made peace with King Vajrajangha and got his daughter Kanakamalikā engaged to Kusa.
Duel of Lava and Kuśa with King Prthu
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Nāradaji's arrival
While King Vajrajangha, King Psthu and other kings were seated in the former's tent, the divine sage Narada arrived there. King Vajrajangha asked him whether he knew anything about the dynasty to which Lava and Kuća belonged. The sage Nārada narrated them their entire history related to the Surya dynasty. He then described the childhood of Rama, his bethrotal to Sitā. The abduction of Sita, and finally her renouncement, in detail.
King Vajrajangha then proposed King Prthu and Queen Amrtavati of Prthvipura to offer their daughter Princess Kanakamalika to Kusa, but King Prthu refused saying that he did not desire to offer his daughter to a man of dubious family background. Enraged by his reply, King Vajrajangha declared a war against him. However, the army of King Prthu was so powerful that King Vajrajangha's army could not face it and began to beat a hasty retreat. Then, the young Lava and Kusa entered the battlefield. Both young men attacked the enemy with such a vengeance that it was now King Prthu's turn to beat a hasty retreat. The young men Lava and Kusa laughed heartily and mocked them.
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