confining it in its nest of mud hums incessantly before it with the result that the insect is enamoured of the Bh¾˘ga and is eventually transformed into a Bh¾˘ga. 684 * ÝR” RMACARITAMNASA* asa jiya¡ jŒni dasŒnana sa¯gŒ, calŒ rŒma pada prema abha¯gŒ. mana ati haraƒa janŒva na teh¶, Œju dekhihau ¡ parama saneh¶.4. “Therefore, considering the welfare of your race you had better return home.” When he heard this he flared up and showered many abuses on MŒr¶ca. “You fool, you presume to teach me as if you were my preceptor. Tell me which warrior in this world is a match for me.” Then MŒr¶ca thought to himself, “It does not do one good to make enemies of the following nine, viz., one skilled in the use of a weapon, he who knows one’s secret, a powerful master, a dunce, a wealthy man, a physician, a panegyrist, a poet, an expert cook.” Either way he saw he must die: hence he sought refuge in the Lord of Raghus. “If I argue further, the wretch would kill me; why, then, should I not be killed by Ýr¶ RŒma’s arrows?” Pondering thus in his mind he accompanied RŒva˜a, unremitting in his devotion to Ýr¶ RŒma’s feet. He felt extremely delighted at the thought that he would be able to behold his greatest friend (Ýr¶ RŒma), even though he would not reveal his joy to RŒvana. (1—4)