In English
If we look at yet another event in the story, we find that , along with and , were seated on a chariot and they were going to the forest. was immersed in sorrow, and while run-ning behind the chariot, shouted, “Stop, stop.” , who was driving the chariot looked at as if he was asking a question, “Shall I stop the chariot, following the orders of or shall I go forward?” said, “Go on, go on.” After going some distance, turned to and asked the question, “It would have been very good if I, too, had to stay with you for years together in the forest. But I will have to go back to the city and then will ask me, ‘Why did you not stop the chariot when I asked you to stop the chariot?’ What kind of answer shall I give to ?” said, “Oh, say that you could not hear his words.” Is that not an untruth? No, there is no untruth in these words. There are many reasons for this. has to go to the forest and the quicker he goes the better. If He delays going to the forest, He would be causing great sorrow and pain to His parents. There is another reason for this. In the battle between the and the , gave a boon to and he wanted her to have that boon granted. He gave that boon to in his capacity as a king. In order to satisfy and fulfil the boon that he had given to , in his capacity as a king, he had banished to the forest. But on the day, when was asking the chariot to stop, with the intention of having another look at , he did so in the capacity of a father. He is not uttering these orders in the capacity of a king. This order is something which is connected with the relationship that exists between a father and a son, which has nothing to do with a king.