Lk34. Ugly Remarks By Citizens Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

LAVA KUSA (UTTARAKANDA)

After the court was o'er,
Rama wanted to enquire,
About any good or bad
Remarks, his subjects said.

He asked Bhadra, "What're
The talks of the town here?
What do they talk about me,
Sita and others? Tell me."

Bhadra said, "Oh King,
The citizens are talking
Both good and ill words
At markets and cross roads."

"The King did a difficult feat
A long bridge he had built
Across the sea to cross,
Some say what a surprise."

"Some ask how King Rama
Killed the notorious Ravana,
And controlled the monkeys
And the remaining demons? "

"How Rama took back Sita
Who sat on the lap of Ravana,
Taken to Lanka, and kept there
In Asoka garden as a prisoner."

"Such conduct of our wives
If it happens in our case,
Are we to follow the king?
This's what they're saying."

Rama, with grief, summoned
All his brothers and said,
"Oh guardians of this kingdom,
You've all the wisdom."

"The present problem of mine,
It needs your best attention.
To solve the same now here
We should work together."

Alert the brothers stood,
To know what's in his mind,
That agitated him that day,
And what he's going to say?