Visnu, the enjoyer of the whole universe, was born with a part of his personality for the destruction of Ravana. The blessed wife of Rama was the beautiful daughter of Janaka. 19-20a. Sita was well known in the three worlds; she was endowed with liberal-mindedness, good conduct, and other attributes. Goddess Parvatl (the daughter of the lord of mountains)was propitiated by Janaka through penance and she gave Janaka the daughter Sita who had the support of' Rama as her husband. 20b-2la. Being pleased with him (Janaka), Lord Siva (the Ruler of the world), the trident-bearing Lord of Bluish-red complexion, gave to Janaka a wonderful bow to destroy his enemies. *vide Bh.P. IX. 9.40 for a similar explanation of Mdrl-Kavaca. 188 Kurma Purana 21b-22a. O leading Brahmanas, the intelligent king Janaka, the destroyer of enemies, desirous of giving away his daughter proclaimed thus in this world: “He who is able to wield this bow—whoever he may be in the three worlds whether a Deva or a Danava—deserves to get Sita.” 22b-25a. The powerful Lord Rama came to know this. He went to Janaka’s abode. Playfully he lifted the bow and broke it. Rama, the highly virtuous soul, married that girl like god Sankara marrying Parvatl and the sixheaded god Karttikeya marrying Sena.'^ 25b-26a. After the lapse of many days, king Dasaratha began to make arrangements for crowning the heroic eldest son Rama as the king. 26b-27. His beautiful wife Kaikeyl, the lady of sweet smiles, prevented him. Agitated in her mind she said to her husband. —“It behoves you to make my heroic son Bharata the king. 28a. You had already given me two boons long back.” 28b-31a. On hearing her words, the king who was dejec¬ ted in his mind uttered these words—“So be it.” Accordingly the un-wavering Rama, the knower of Dharma, bowed down at the feet of his father, and went to the forest alongwith his wife and Laksmana. The self-possessed powerful one made the vow of staying for fourteen years in the forest and the mighty Lord stayed in the forest for fourteen years alongwith Laksmana. 31b-33a. While he was staying in the forest, the Raksasa named Ravana, abducted Sita in the guise of an ascetic and went away to his city. Not being able to see Sita, Laksmana and Rama became extremely distressed. 33b-34a. Both the suppressors of enemies became over¬ whelmed with anguish and sorrow. Then in course of time, there came about an alliance between Rama of indefatigable energy and action and the monkeys through the monkey (chief) Sugriva. 34b-35a. Sugriva’s follower, a valorous monkey called Hanuman, the son of the wind-god, who was endowed with great splendour, ever became very dear to Rama.