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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYA峁�
to Lank膩puri by R膩va峁嘺. Hanumat requests S墨t膩 to accompany him
to Ki峁�kindhipura on his shoulders (盲ruhasu majjha khandhe 53.60) but
S墨t膩 declines to touch any other person's body (53.61a). She confides
the following episodes鹿 of her life to Hanumat so that the latter should
refer to these in his conversation with R膩ma and make him believe that
he actually met S墨t膩: (i) homage paid by them to the Cara峁嘺munis,
(ii) subduing the wild elephant by R膩ma in the Padmasara虏, (iii)
embracing Candanalat膩 by R膩ma, (iv) sportively beating of Sit膩
by Rama with the stalk of a lotus, (v) explaining of the Nandidrumas
to her by R膩ma, (vi) hospitality extended by them to the sages on
the bank of the Kar峁嘺rava and on the same occasion obtaining
of the Cu岣嵞乵a峁噄 at the time of the supernatural occurrings. After
narrating these episodes she gives her braid-jewel to Hanumat and
advises him to depart before R膩vana puts any impediment (53.63-72)
before him.
In the VR there is a reference to the weakness of S墨t膩 on account
of her observing fast 'Upav膩sa' (VR, 5.15.19) but there is no reference
to the request by Hanumat to take food. Here Hanumat requests S墨t膩
to take her on his back' 'up膩roha mama p峁涐梗峁環am 5.37.31) but S墨t膩
refuses on the same ground (5.37.62). She is further said to have told
that she would not be able to withstand the speed of Hanumat and she
might fall in the sea or she might be put to further difficulties on being
chased by the R膩k峁�asas. Further for her genuineness S墨t膩 confides some
episodes to Hanumat to be conveyed to R膩ma and also hands over her
'Cu岣嵞乵a峁噄' (5.38.66). Here the private incidents referred to differ
from those of the PCV. They are, viz. the k膩ka v峁泃t膩nta (5.38, 5.40,4),
on her cheeks by
and the application of the mana岣ヅ浤玪膩-tilaka
R膩ma (5.40.5).
commission
According to the TR, Hanumat expresses his inability to take
her to Rama without R膩ma's
to that effect (5. 16).
Hanumat again meets S墨t膩 after burning the city of Lanka and receives
her braid-jewel. She for the confidence of Rama narrates the 'Sakrasuta-
kath膩' (5. 277) i. e. the k膩ka-v峁泃t膩nta to Hanumat.
1. Sahin峁嚹佱箛esu puno, imesu vaya峁噀su vis膩ttho 53.64.
2. Bhavabhuti's Uttarar膩mac膩rita (Anka.3) refers to Sita's alarm when an elephant
who was nurtured by her, is attacked by an agitated elephant in the river.
She requests R膩ma to save the elephant in trouble. This episode has some
basic similarity with that of the PCV.
3. The text does not refer to the Cu岣嵞乵a峁噄 on that occasion. It was given by
Yakga Potana when they started from Ramapuri (See Sec. 4C).
4. In the Adhy膩tma R膩m膩ya峁嘺 the request is made to climb his shoulders (me
skandha-m膩roha 5.5.6) as in the PCV. In the Ananda R膩m膩ya峁嘺 also (1.9.277).