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some
accordingly sings and the stage-manager passes
remarks on the autumn when from
behind the
curtain
are heard the words "Oh Lord! Oh
Lord!", which the
stage-manager recognizes as those from the
palace
portress, and the couple then
leaves the stage. The
portress calls the chamberlain and
asks him to hurry up
with the preparations for the
coronation of Rama.
He replies that everything was already
arranged,-
the royal umbrella, the consecration waters
, and the sacred
the
chair, were ready%; His Holiness
Vasistha and
were
all assembled.
The
ministers and the citizens
chamberlain then hastens to the sacred place and the
portress, after ordering the preceptor and the
actors etc. to
be ready, goes to inform His Majesty
that everything had
been arranged. Then enters Avad膩tik膩 carrying
a valkala
(bark garment), which she had removed
in jest from Arya
Rev膩, the mistress of the concert-room,
in order to punish
her for refusing her request. Sit膩
then appears with her
maids and learns of Avad膩tik膩's
mischief. She asks her
to return the bark garment. When, however,
Avad膩tik膩 is
about to go, S墨t膩 takes the garment and puts
it on for mere
fun. A maid is sent to bring a mirror.
The maid enters
with it and tells her ladyship of some
coronation about
which the chamberlain was muttering
. Another maid
comes with the good news of Rama's
coronation and
receives some jewels from S墨t膩 for the
happy tidings. The
sound of a drum is heard but suddenly
it ceases and all
get anxious. Then R膩ma appears on the stage
wondering
why the people were astonished at his calmness
in leaving
the throne at his father's word.
The absence of any
change in his usual dress is a mystery to all in
view of
Rama's coronation. Then Rama
tells S墨t膩 how his
coronation
cancelled after going through
some
ceremonies, when Manthara whispered something in His
Majesty's ear, and lo! he was no more
a king. Then
R膩ma asks Sit膩 why she had removed her
ornaments and
put on the bark garments. He is
told that she wore
them out of mere curiosity. He then
expresses a desire to
have one for himself, but S墨t膩 prevents
him as it was
ominous in view of the recently cancelled coronation
. Then
the chamberlain brings the news that the
king had fainted
because of the grief at Kaikeyi's distressing
demands. She
had prevented Rama's coronation for the sake
of getting her
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