“The king has not slept all night: God knows why. He has done nothing but mutter ‘Râma, Râma,’ even till daybreak; but he has not told me the reason.
Go at once and send Râma here, and when you come back you can ask what the matter is.” Perceiving it to be the king’s wish, Sumanta went; but he saw that the queen had formed some evil design. So anxious was he that his feet scarcely touched the ground as he wondered to himself, “What will the king have to say to Râma?” Composing himself as he reached the gate, when all observed his sadness and asked the cause, he reassured them and proceeded to the prince’s abode. When Râma saw Sumanta coming, he received him with the same honour that he would have shown to his own father. Looking him in the face, he declared the king’s commands and returned with him. Remarking the state of disorder in which Râma accompanied the minister, the people began to be a little anxious.
Go at once and send Râma here, and when you come back you can ask what the matter is.” Perceiving it to be the king’s wish, Sumanta went; but he saw that the queen had formed some evil design. So anxious was he that his feet scarcely touched the ground as he wondered to himself, “What will the king have to say to Râma?” Composing himself as he reached the gate, when all observed his sadness and asked the cause, he reassured them and proceeded to the prince’s abode. When Râma saw Sumanta coming, he received him with the same honour that he would have shown to his own father. Looking him in the face, he declared the king’s commands and returned with him. Remarking the state of disorder in which Râma accompanied the minister, the people began to be a little anxious.