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THE KIDNAPING OF SĪTĀ
227 If you are a beggar, come. Ask for money.” Then Kapila went fearlessly to Rāma, gave him a blessing, and sat down before him on a seat assigned by Guhyakas. Asked by Rāma, “Whence have you come?” he said: "Do you not know me, the Brāhman living in Aruņagrāma? Though you were my guest, I abused you with harsh speech. You, compassionate, had me released from him (Saumitri).” His wife, Suśarmā, sad-faced, sat down near Sītā, after bestowing a blessing, accompanied by a narrative of former events. Then the. Brāhman's wishes were gratified with much money and, dismissed by Rāghava, he returned to his own village. Enlightened, the Brāhman gave gifts according to taste and took the vow under Sūri Nandāvatansa..
At the end of the rainy season Gokarņa noticed that Rāghava wished to leave and he said to him respectfully, his hands folded submissively: "If you are going to leave here, master, be gracious to me. Pardon me for any stumbling in devotion to you. Who is able to show honor suitable for you, long-armed one?” With these words he gave Rāma a necklace called Svayamprabha, to Saumitri ear-ornaments made of divine jewels, and to Sītă a crest-jewel and a lute which played anything desired. Rāma received permission from the Yaksa and set out according to his wish, and then the Yakşa destroyed the city that he himself had made.
Story of Vanamālā (168-240) Jānaki, Rāma, and Laksmaņa, traveling day by day, having left the forest, reached Vijayapura at twilight. In a garden outside to the northwest they stopped under a very large banyan tree near the palace. The king in this city was named Mahidhara, his wife was named Indrāṇī, and their daughter Vanamālā. Even as a child, Vanamālā desired Saumitri for a husband, no one else, because she had heard of his wealth of virtues and beauty. Mahīdhara heard at that time that King Dasaratha had
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