Śrī Rāma having departed for the forest in an exceptionally swift-going chariot, Daśaratha vainly seeks to cover the intervening distance on foot. The very dust raised by the chariot having disappeared after a while, the Emperor feels doubly disconsolate and drops to the ground. When Kaikeyī comes forward to support him, he scolds her and asks her not to touch his person. Kausalyā then lifts him up and persuades him to return. His personal attendants take him to the latterís apartments and, seeing him plunged in grief, Kausalyā seats herself beside him and begins to lament in various ways.
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Ayodhyākānda - Canto 41
The ladies of the royal gynaeceum bewail the exile of Śrī Rāma and others and the citizens of Ayodhyā too are reduced to a miserable plight.
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Ayodhyākānda - Canto 40
Going clockwise round Daśaratha (as a token of respect), Sītā, Rāma and Laksmana greet him. Accompanied by Sītā, Śrī Rāma salutes Kausalyā. Laksmana too hails Kausalyā first and then his own mother, Sumitrā. Sumitrā for her part tenders salutary advice to her son. The princes and the princess having mounted the chariot, Sumantra flicks the horses. The citizens that had assembled, closely follow the chariot; but unable to keep pace with its swift movement, they return desolate. Daśaratha too runs after the chariot alongwith Kausalyā and others, but being unable to walk begins to totter and stops short on the road yielding to the remonstrances of his wise ministers.
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Ayodhyākānda - Canto 39
Sent away by Daśaratha, Sumantra gets a chariot ready to take Śrī Rāma and his party to the forest and Sītā adorns herself with jewels brought by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Kausalyā tenders opportune advice to her daughter-in-law and the latter bows to it. Śrī Rāma comforts Kausalyā and offers apology to his other mothers, who burst into a wail.
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Ayodhyākānda - Canto 38
Incensed to hear the loud wailing of those present at the scene, on Sītā being dressed as a hermitess, Daśaratha reproaches Kaikeyī. While departing, Śrī Rāma entreats his father to take care of his mother.
Over Śrīmad Vālmīki Rāmāyana (English Translation)
As part of our online Satsang we are reading the Gita Press English Translation, these episodes are recordings from those Satsangs. We were listening to another podcast reading this version that stopped at Aranyakānda Canto 40, thus we start with Canto 41 . After finishing the Yuddhakānda we started from the beginning of the Bālakānda.
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2: Ayodhyākāna
3: Aranyakānda
4: Kiskindhākānda
5: Sundarakānda
6: Yuddhakāna
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