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monstrosities. When Sita was pregnant, Shri Ram abandoned her out of consideration for what people said against Sita. People spread rumours and scandals against Sita but it was all the result of a conspiracy. There was no truth in the rumours. Yet fearing social censure, Shri Ram abandoned her and she was left alone in a terrible forest.”
Lay's eyes were fixed on the ground while Kush kept looking at Narad with unwinking eyes. The face of Kush revealed his anger and he said furiously.
"Divine Sage! What Shri Ram has done is highly improper. It is certainly unbecoming of such a great man to abandon his noble wife in such a heartless manner. He could have adopted other methods to refute and to repudiate those rumours and scandals. It is absolutely unbecoming of Shri Ram to have abandoned his wife thus. It is a heinous action and it deserves nothing but censure and condemnation."
“Dear Prince! What you say is true but the decrees of destiny are unalterable. What was destined to occur has occurred. When a great man commits a blunder, who can prevent him from doing so ? Your uncle Lakshman did everything to persuade Shri Ram not to abandon Sita but Shri Ram remained adamant. Therefore let us forget the past. What is the use of remembering those things ?”
"O divine sage! Is there any justice in abandoning a noble woman to safeguard the glory of one's dynasty ? Is it rig abandon a noble woman to safeguard one's own name and We firmly believe that Shri Ram cast away our mother as a prey to wild animals only to safeguard his honour and fame but Dharma safeguards those who safeguard Dharma. In accordance with this profound statement, my mother's purity and nobility safeguarded her. Moreover, it was her sublimity that safeguarded us also and by chance King Vajrajang, who is the very embodiment of nobility and ethical excellence found her in the forest and brought her here. So, she found a safe refuge. Otherwise, she should have faced terrible calamities in the forest. I shudder to think of this."
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