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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYA峁�
marriage of his sister and himself becomes a monk (9.6,9,94-26) instead
of recognising the suzerainty of R膩va峁嘺.
According to the TR M膩y膩v墨 entered a cave (4.6) and Sugr墨va
waited for V盲li one month only.
C. Slaying of sham Sugr墨va :
According to the PCV, Sugr墨va takes R膩ma and Lak峁�ma峁嘺 to
Ki峁�kindhipura from P膩t膩lankarapura. A battle ensues between both
the Sugr墨vas. Initially the real Sugr墨va is overpowered by the hit of
a mace of the sham Sugr墨va. He is consoled by R膩ma pleading that he
could not distinguish between the two. In the second fight the im-
postor is brought forth to R膩ma's sight. As soon as R膩ma is seen by
the impostor, the Vet膩l墨 (Vey膩l墨 Mah膩vijj膩 47.43) leaves the impostor
and he appears in his real form as S膩hasagati. R膩ma slays him with
his arrows. Thus Sugr墨va recovers his wife T膩r膩. R膩ma and Lak峁�ma峁嘺
stay there in a garden. Thirteen daughters of Sugr墨va offer themselves
to serve R膩ma (47.52).
According to the VR, Sugr墨va for his own confidence takes two
tests of R膩ma to ascertain the latter's fitness in killing the mighty V膩li.
R膩ma is successful in both the tests viz. kicking off the heavy carcass
of Dundubhi and piercing of seven trees of T膩la by an arrow at a
single stretch (4. 11. 84, 12. 3). No test is mentioned in the PCV1
in this connection.
Then the account of the VR虏 is similar to that of the PCV. The
VR mentions a duel and not a battle. At the time of the second duel
Sugr墨va puts round his neck a flower garland (gajapu峁�p墨m膩l膩 4. 12. 30)
for being distinguished from V膩li. Before the ensuing of the second
duel, V膩li is intervened by his wife, T膩r膩. She requests him to make
friends with Sugr墨va because R膩ma and Lak峁�ma峁嘺 are assisting Sugr墨va.
Vali declines the same because he considers it quite contemptible and
degrading that R膩ma and Lak峁�ma峁嘺 should ever perform such a sinful
act (dharmaj帽a艣ca k峁泃aj帽a艣ca katha峁� papan kari峁�yati 4. 15. 5).
R膩ma shots V膩li with his arrow, concealing himself behind some trees
(4. 16. 35). V膩li derides R膩ma for his cowardice. The latter explains
that his act is righteous. V膩li hands over his divine garland to Sugr墨va
and dies. Then follows the mourning by T膩r膩, the coronation of
Sugr墨va, the conferring of the status of Yuvarajatva to Angada, the son
1. See Section 7B.
2. Here they are not distinguished on account of their similarity in stature,
body, dress and movements-'alank膩re峁嘺 vese峁嘺 pram膩峁噀na gatena' and
'rupas膩dsya' (4. 12. 30, 32).