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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYA峁�
queen through his chamberlain. His queen does not receive the sacred
water in time. Dasaratha rebukes the chamberlain for the delay. The
chamberlain with his trembling limbs explains to Dasaratha that his
pitiable old age handicapped him in the quick delivery of the bath-
water. At this the heart of Dasaratha gets moved and he develops a
feeling of detachment. After some days monk Sarvasattvahita
happens to arrive there. Dasaratha pays his obeisance to him, listens
to the religious discourse and returns to his palace.
30. Now Bh膩ma峁囜笉ala being afflicted with the pangs of separation
from S墨t膩 starts for S膩keta. In the way as soon as he reaches Vidarbha-
nagara (Viyabbhanayara), he remembers his previous birth and comes
to know that S墨t膩 is his sister. He then along with his father, Candra-
gati goes to Saketa and pays homage to Sarvasattvahita. Candragati
becomes a disciple of Sarvasattvahita. At that time Dasaratha also
happens to come over there with his family members and listens to the
previous life-accounts of Candragati and Bh膩ma峁囜笉ala narrated by the
monk. Dasaratha then embraces Bh膩ma峁囜笉ala. On getting news from
Dasaratha, Janaka and his wife also come over there and feel happy to
see their son. All of them return to their respective places.
31. Once Dasaratha listens to the account of his previous birth.
from Muni Sarvasattvahita and gets enlightened. He informs his ministers
about his decision to enthrone R膩ma and renounce the world. At this
Bharata also desires to become a monk. Kaikey墨 gets perturbed to learn
it. She finds it impossible for her to live in separation from both her
husband and son. She thinks of a plan to keep Bharata tied to the
worldly life. She requests her husband to fulfil her boon by corona-
nating Bharata as the king of S膩keta. Dasaratha readily gives his con-
sent and informs of the same to R膩ma and Lak峁�ma峁嘺. When Bharata
learns it he expresses his unwillingness in transgressing over the right of
his elder brother. Thereupon R膩ma decides to leave the territory for
removing the scruples of Bharata and keeping up the honour of the
words of his father given to Kaikey墨. Lak峁�ma峁嘺 first gets agitated
by this decision, but he pacifies himself with the idea that he shall
not interfere in the work of the elders. When R膩ma departs from
S膩keta, S墨t膩 and Lak峁�ma峁嘺 also accompany him.
32. R膩ma along with S墨t膩 and Lak峁�ma峁嘺 proceeds towards
the west, enters the P膩riy膩tra forest, crosses the river Gambh墨r膩 and
sojourns on its bank. There in Saketa Dasaratha coronates Bharata.
and himself renounces the world. Consequently Apar膩jit膩 and
Sumitr膩 get very much aggrieved on account of their separation