[Mother to the Lord:]
“What you did to reclaim Sītā from her captivity in Laṅkā, how you languished without food and sleep days on end, how you bunded the roaring sea and routed Rāvaṇa’s Laṅkā, lock, stock and barrel have been chronicled by sage Vālmīki in his immortal Rāmāyaṇa. And so it is well within the Knowledge of my hapless daughter. Therefore it is she feels
In this third pāśuram of the chapter, the narrative voice is that of parāṅkuśa nāyakī’s mother, who, in a state of profound helplessness, addresses Śrīman Nārāyaṇa directly. Her lament arises from witnessing her daughter's intense suffering, a condition brought about by reflecting upon the Lord’s glorious acts performed for the divine daughter of King Śrī Janaka. The