The Music of Hindostan c7.165

c7.165

said he was bound by his promise. Bharata then placed his padūka (wooden shoes) on the gaddi (throne) and dressed like his half-brother in jungle clothes to show sympathy. Meanwhile Sītā, Rāma's wife, was carried off by Rāvaṇa, with a view to marriage. In her captivity she laments to her friend.