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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYA峁�
plaster statue (effigy) of Dasaratha is installed in his palace to deceive
Vibh墨峁�a峁嘺. Vibh墨峁�a峁嘺 goes there and cuts off the head of that effigy in
the night taking it to be the real person of Da艣aratha. In due course
Dasaratha meets Janaka who was also fleeing from his capital at the
advice of N膩rada. Both of them join the svaya峁僾ara ceremony of
Kaikeyi. Kaikey墨 chooses Dasaratha for her spouse. The disgruntled
candidates wage a battle with Dasaratha so courageously and skilfully
that the latter becomes successful in routing his opponents. Da艣aratha
duly marries Kaikeyi and returns to Vin墨t膩puri (24. 34 i. e. Ayodhy膩).
There he offers her a boon in recognition of her valorous performance
in the battle.
According to VR when Dasaratha while assisting the Devas (gods)
in their battle with Samba Asura, gets wounded, Kaikey墨 guards him and
saves his life. For that Dasaratha promises two boons to her (2.9.17).
Further the interpolated chapters 2-4 after 7.37 of the VR state that Muni
Agastya once narrated to R膩ma an account which was related to him by
N膩rada. He told R膩ma that R膩vana came to know from Sanatkum膩ra
that one who is killed by Prabhu-Hari-N膩r膩ya峁嘺 attains the abode of
Hari, that Hari would be born as the first son of Dasaratha and would
go to the Dandaka forest in exile. R膩va峁嘺 planned to kidnap S墨t膩 so
that he would attain emancipation at the hands of R膩ma, the Hari.
In the Tulasi Ramayana, there is only a reference to the boons
(2.22.3).
Ravi峁�e峁嘺's PCR agrees with the PCV. Here the name of the
naimittika is Sagarabuddhi (23.25). It states that Vibh墨峁�a峁嘺 goes to
kill Janaka (23.55) also. Svayambhu's PCS agrees with Ravisena, but
it mentions that the boon was offered at Kautukamangalapura (PCS,
21.4.3). Hemacandra's TSP follows Svayambhu but does not mention
the name of the naimittka (TSP, IV. pp. 190-192). Bh. Somasena's
RPS agrees with the PCR but does not refer to the name of the
naimittka.
The Vasudevahin岣峣 (p.241) accounts differently. Two boons were
granted to Kaikey墨, viz. one for her benefactory services to her own
people (sayanovay膩raviyakkha峁嚹乪) and the second one for her courage
and manly performance (purisavarasarisam) in getting Dasaratha
released from the captivity of a neighbouring hostile king.
The Uttarapura峁嘺 as well as the Mahapura峁嘺 do not contain this
episode.
Kaikeyi's Svaya峁僾ara (marriage) is referred to in the Bangali
Kyttiv盲sa R膩m膩y膩峁嘺 (1.25) and Assamese R膩m膩ya峁嘺 of Madhavakandal墨
(8-10). [Bulcke, 2. p. 294.]