[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.1943 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1943 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1943 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1943](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1943) The birds replied. "In the forest there is a hermit named Vālmīki. We live in his beautiful hermitage. That hermit has composed the story Rāmāyaṇa, which is yet to happen, and has taught it to his disciples. We have those songs. Having heard them over and over we also have learned them by heart. We will tell you who Rāma is and who Jānakī is and what would happen to her who lives happily with him. Hear it! Saying thus the parrots passed on to the story of Rāma. Due to the sacrifice of the hermit Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, Mahāviṣṇu incarnated as four persons, of whom Rāma the eldest, with his younger brother and Viśvāmitra, would come to Mithilā. He would draw the bow and marry Sītā..... Sītā was extremely pleased with the sweet song of the birds and asked them so many questions repeatedly with curiosity. Seeing the excitement of the questioner the parrots understood that she was Sītā herself. They asked her. "Beautiful girl! who are you? Why are you so much interested in knowing about Rāma? What is your name?" Sītā disclosed everything about her to the birds, and said "I am the same Sītā, the daughter of Janaka you have sung about. I will let you go only on the day when that handsome prince Rāma comes and marries me. Your conversation has made me so curious. You can live comfortably in my house, eating sweet-meats." The birds were in great fear when they heard this. They looked at each other and replied to Sītā. "Good child! we birds fly about in the sky and perch on trees and bush. Houses are not comfortable to us. Moreover I am pregnant. After my delivery in our own place I will come here. You need not have any doubt." The female parrot said thus. But Sītā did not let them go. Then the male parrot prayed humbly with anxiety. "Sītā, allow her to go. Why do you detain my beautiful wife? Allow us to have our own way in the forest. My wife is pregnant. After the confinement both of us will come back." Sītā said "Let her live with me. You may go as you please." - [Previous: c9.1942](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1942) - [Next: c9.1944](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1944) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1943](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1943) · Pramāṇa