Canto 60 - Angad on Rebound
Spoke thus Angad Vali’s son:
Found as Hanuman Seetha now
Why not we fetch her to Ram?
How it feels if we tell him
Found though we failed to fetch her.
Know we all could fly across
Ocean this vast to reach there
And slay Ravan and his men.
Then we could bring Seetha back
And make Rama meet his spouse.
Slain as Hanuman Ravan’s men
What is left for us to do
Than lead Seetha back to Ram?
Why to bother folk back home
For what we could do on our own?
When he expects her the least
Won’t it be a pleasant surprise
That we fetch her to him thus.
Having heard thus Angad speak
Said then Jambavan in response:
Sent we were to find Seetha
Not to take her back with us.
Exceed if we Rama’s brief
Might we earn his ire as well.
Better we mind all Rama’s vow
That he would slay with his hands
The one who dared to snare his wife.
Should we go by route thee show
Won’t we make him fail his word?
Sounds it prudent that we might
Go back to Ram with her news.
Move thine surely saves bother
For the rest of folks back home
But know Ram would like it not.