Sita was finding it tough to travel, she had never been exposed to hardships and the toes of her feet were starting to crack.
They soon reached a clearing where other sages lived, and decided to stay there for sometime. The wives of the sages asked Sita who she was and why she was travelling on foot. Sita told them who they were.
They kept walking till they reached the banks of Yamuna and then Lakshmana built a raft and using that they crossed over.
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Sumantra reached Ayodhya after travelling for six days. He told them Rama, Sita and Lakshmana were fine and they had given their regards to the king. Hearing this, all queens and the king started crying out. The king told Kaushalya about how he had been cursed by the blind sage to die when he would be separated from his son. He also said he would not live long and this night may be his last night.
Taking the Rama the king passed away that night. The queens did not realize he was dead. In the morning, seeing the king not getting up, they went to wake him and then they discovered he was no more.
Kaushalya and Sumitra were inconsolable. They were grieving for their sons and now to add to that, they had lost their husband.
Vashishta consoled them. He said to Kaushalya that death was inevitable and that the king had gone to heaven. He told her to place the body of the king in a vat full of oil. He would stay like that, till Bharata returned.
All courtiers decided that Bharata should be summoned immediately. He was not to be told what had happened; just that he was needed urgently in Ayodhya.
Vashistha went to Bharata's uncle's house where he had gone, with Shatrughna. This was the kingdom of Giriraj, where the king Kaikei ruled.
They soon reached a clearing where other sages lived, and decided to stay there for sometime. The wives of the sages asked Sita who she was and why she was travelling on foot. Sita told them who they were.
They kept walking till they reached the banks of Yamuna and then Lakshmana built a raft and using that they crossed over.
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Sumantra reached Ayodhya after travelling for six days. He told them Rama, Sita and Lakshmana were fine and they had given their regards to the king. Hearing this, all queens and the king started crying out. The king told Kaushalya about how he had been cursed by the blind sage to die when he would be separated from his son. He also said he would not live long and this night may be his last night.
Taking the Rama the king passed away that night. The queens did not realize he was dead. In the morning, seeing the king not getting up, they went to wake him and then they discovered he was no more.
Kaushalya and Sumitra were inconsolable. They were grieving for their sons and now to add to that, they had lost their husband.
Vashishta consoled them. He said to Kaushalya that death was inevitable and that the king had gone to heaven. He told her to place the body of the king in a vat full of oil. He would stay like that, till Bharata returned.
All courtiers decided that Bharata should be summoned immediately. He was not to be told what had happened; just that he was needed urgently in Ayodhya.
Vashistha went to Bharata's uncle's house where he had gone, with Shatrughna. This was the kingdom of Giriraj, where the king Kaikei ruled.
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