He too, as always, left Sita to more sorrow. Like a wild beast stamping on a tender creeper every time it tried to rise with the help of some prop or the other, he destroyed Sita’s desire to live every time she nurtured it. Sita was not coming back into his life. She would entrust the children to him and liberate herself. But he could not find liberation until he turned them into heirs to Raghu Vamsa. But by giving him his sons, Sita had cleared the way for his liberation. She had always stood by him. She had always protected him. In Ayodhya, everyone swore by Rama’s protection. Who knew that
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