chapter 23

Sita looked at her womb, thinking about the part of Rama that was growing in it, she smiled sarcastically. Urmila and Shrutkirti's faces were extinguished, Mandvi's face turned dark, but still her face was filled with anger. He said in a loud voice,

"Will the children of cowards grow in our wombs? Rama could not protect you in the forest, Lakshmana engaged in the sycophancy of Rama, Bharata did not consider his wife to be his wife and Shatrughan..."

She laughed gleefully. The three sisters were also feeling the sad laughter of Mandvi. Taking care of her broken heart, Sita started taking off her makeup.

Like a virgin girl, she became without makeup, but the vermilion of the demand, the dot on the forehead, the thorn of the nose, the bangles of the hand, the anklets and the beech were giving proof of her marriage.

Mandvi was filled with anger, looking at the Rajya Sabha, she started telling Sita about the matter of justice and injustice. Sita made him sit beside her and held his hand tightly and asked,

"Tell the truth sister, has any justice been done to you till today?"

Mandvi fell silent, did not say anything, Sita again started saying,

"Bharat never cared for you after marriage, I have come to Ayodhya from Lanka, since then I see your sad face everyday, but till date I have not been able to raise my voice of justice towards you. You think, I don't feel your sorrow."

She kissed Mandvi's hands, clenched her lips tightly so that her cry should not break, Mandvi also tightened Sita's hand and said,

"I know sister, till date no justice has been done to you also. Spent sad days in the forest, kept dying daily in Lanka of Ravana and when the husband who came on the day of happiness heard the decree to go to the forest, not even once thought about the child in your womb."

She could not understand what Sita would say, Urmila, Shrutkirti also started feeling their sorrows. It was only a matter of relief for Urmila that Nidra Devi's grace remained on her and her husband was in front of Shrutkirti's eyes. Lakshmana was standing at Sita's door with her head bowed, Sita got up slowly and along with Lakshmana, Sita walked towards the palace. The three sisters, mothers, slaves, maids etc. also followed behind.

Today Lakshman's attitude had also changed, the anger was clearly visible on his face.

Suddenly Mandvi asked in a loud voice in the Rajya Sabha,

"Is it the justice of the king of Ayodhya that a pregnant woman should be sent to exile."

Ram was silent, there was silence in the meeting, Sita was looking at her Ram, thinking that Ram should have a glimpse of him and not send him to exile. But under the guise of dignity, the ruthless Rama did not even lift his eyes.

Mandvi asked again,

"The cowardice of a king is clearly visible on a woman."

Rama was a little distracted, he felt that he should not become weak, then he ordered Lakshmana,

"Follow the orders of a king. The king may lose his life in Ayodhya, but he does not back down from his word.

Bharata was looking at Mandvi with twinkling eyes, Kaikeyi's eyebrows also raised, Lakshmana looked at King Rama and said with folded hands,

"Yes, sir, I will definitely follow your orders. But after today I will not call you my brother, you will remain only king for me. You have done injustice to a true and pious woman, a son has despised his mother. What could be more unbearable than that? Even if the world calls you Raja Ram or Maryada Purushottam(Most dignified man), in my view you have done injustice to Mother Sita."

Saying this Lakshman folded his hands, Sita also tremblingly looked at Rama, joining her hands. This was a great injustice, but except Mandvi, no one spoke against this injustice. Sita and Lakshman left, at that time Sita's body became lifeless. She could not handle herself, Lakshman tried to handle Sita with his arms with a sore throat.

He made Sita sit on a horse and standing the horse on the bank of the river, went to leave the mother in a boat in the forest.