In English
At last, the hour for the departure of from arrived. was all smiles, though the hour of coronation turned out to be the hour of His departure to the forest. could behave like this because He was no ordinary human but the Embodiment of Divinity. could not take the sad news with equanimity like . She said, “Oh ! I had never dreamt even in my wildest dreams that You would go to the forest. What is destined to happen will happen. For You, the forest will be , and for me, this will be a forest. Succeed in Your mission and come back home.” Journey to the Forest As was leaving for the forest joined Him, for it was impossible for him to live without . Separation between and is unthinkable, because was the incarnation of , on whom Lord reclines. accompanied without speaking a word to anybody. He simply told , “Oh , I came to this world to serve You. I cannot live without You even for a moment.” Since knew the heart of , He allowed him to accompany Him. Meanwhile, the people came to know of the departure of . They were plunged into inexpressible grief and cried out heartrendingly, “We cannot live without . It is better to be dead than alive, for we cannot endure the agony of separation from .” consoled them and made His way to the forest. Back in , died of the grief of separation from .