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Title: Stories of India's gods and heroes
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Monro, W. D
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Publisher: New York : Thomas Y. Crowell Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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safely do. Now Rama was butsixteen, and the king, sore troubled, was fain torefuse. Then Viswamitra was wroth, and threatenedthe king with ruin for breach of his plighted word.Vasishtha then urged Dasaratha to keep his promise,and Viswamitra further said that he possessed thesecret of many mystical weapons, the mastery ofwhich he would communicate to Rama. On thisthe king gave his consent; Rama, well prepared byViswamitra, set forth in company with his brotherLakshman; the fiends were duly attacked andslain, and Rama emerged from his first warfare intriumph. After this, Viswamitra suggested that they shouldgo and see the wondrous bow of Janaka, King ofMithila. This bow, which the king had obtainedfrom the god Siva for his sacrificial piety, neitherdemigod nor demon could bend, and the king hadpromised the hand of his lovely daughter Sita tohim who should bend it. To Mithila, therefore, theprinces and their adviser repaired; and there, onhearing of their coming, the king and his coun-
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The Breaking ot the BCHV of Janaka The Tale of Rama & Sita 47 sellers came forth and received them with honour.From the Brahman Satananda the princes heardthe story of Yiswamitras earlier days and hisstruggle with Vasishtha, the tale of which has beentold. Next day, Janaka bade men bring the bow forRama and his brother to see. Many princes hadstriven to bend it, but all had failed. So huge itwas that it had to be borne in a wagon drawn bystalwart men. But the youthful Rama, when it wasshown to him, easily took the bow and strung it;then, while assembled thousands gazed in wonder— With steady aim the string he drewTill burst the mighty bow in two. Dire was the clang of the bursting bow; the neigh-bourhood was shaken, and the spectators werestricken senseless. Then Janaka, according to his promise, bestowedhis daughter Sita upon Rama, and sent messengersto Ayodhya to invite Dasaratha. He, on receivingthe glad news, set out in fitting state for Mithila,and was worthily received by

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