PLATE THREE

In the assembly where mother Sita was to choose her husband, in the
midst of the heroes of this world, Lord Ramacandra broke the bow
belonging to Lord Siva. This bow was so heavy that it was carried by
three hundred men, but the Lord bent it, strung it and broke it in the
middle, just as a baby elephant breaks a stick of sugar cane. Thus the
Lord achieved the hand of mother Sita, who was endowed with transcen-
dental qualities of form, beauty, behavior, age and nature. (p. 55)
