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my brother Rama from the woods and will set him upon the throne*, 
proceeded with the fourbodied army and the five-fold royal insignia (panca 
rdjakakudhabhanda)!) to the locality, where Rdäma dwelt; and pitehing 
their tents near ıt, Bharata wıth several ministers went to his residence 
at a time when Lakkhana and Sit had gone to the woods. He met 
Räma at the door of his residence, in the enjoyment of health and quietly 
seated like a firm golden statue. Having accosted him and taken his 
vespectful distance, Dharata informed him of the news regarding the King, 
and wept with his ministers fallıng down at the feet of Rdma. But Räma 
neither wept nor sorrowed. In him there was not the slightest emotion?). 
In the evenmmg whilst Pharata was (yet) weeping the other two returned 
with herbs and fruits. 
Whereupon Rama (thus) pondered: „these are children. "They have 
not, as I have, the wisdom of parıganhana?). 1 at once it be said to 
them: your father is dead, unable to bear the grief, their hearts will be 
rent. I shall (therefore) by some device get them to descend into the 
water, and shall then cause the intelligence to be conveyed (to them)“. 
He then pointing at a pond opposite to them spoke in a couplet thus: 
„You have come very late, let this be a punishment for you. Get down 
into this water and stand. Lakkhana and Sitd come ye both (ettha Lakkhana 
Sitd ca) and descend into the water“. They at on$e descended and stood 
(as desired); when, ecommunicating to them the (sad) intelligence, Rdma 
gave utterance to the remaining couplet: 
„this Bharata says thus: „king Dasaratha is dead“. The moment 
they heard the intelligence of their fathers death they became insensible. 
It was again conveyed to them, and they again became insensible. When 
they had thus fainted for the third time, his ministers raised and lifted 
them up from the water and sat them down on the ground. After they 
had recovered, all of them reciprocated their grief and wept and bewailed. 
Bharata (however) pondering: „this brother Lakkhana and sister Sitd, from 
the moment, they heard the intelligence of their fathers death, are unable 
!) vgl. Fausböll Dhrammapada p. 222 (wo rajakakudabhanda). 
?) anders Rdm. 2, 103, 3fl. 
*) the wisdom of taking things easy, of accepting all things with complaisance, of 
submitting to every condition of life. 
