Rama’s bow trembled.
Sita spoke, her voice clear as a bell. “Rama. If you kill him now, while I stand between you—while I, your wife, formally request mercy for him as a guest who has not broken the ultimate law—your arrow will turn to ash. The gods wrote that rule to prevent war-crimes. You cannot refuse a chaste woman’s plea for a truce.” ramayana divine loophole pdf
For the first time, he looked not like an avatar of Vishnu. He looked like a tired, heartbroken prince. Rama’s bow trembled