TRIJATA'S DREAM: FROM THE SUNDARAKANDA OF THE RAMAIANA Translated by Ron Padgett Because Sita said this some of the Rakshasees jumped out of their bodies stamping and stormed away to tell that horrible Ravana. But then they came back and twisted their faces and sputtered "You bitch:, Do us in? We^re going to eat you up I Yum I" Trijata was a wise woman with white hair and eyes that saw this. She said, "Hands off I She is the daughter of Janaka and the daughter-in-law of King Dasarathal Better eat me instead 1 Because last night asleep I had a dream and the hair on my body stood up and screamed Sita's husband destroyed you alll" Total shreiksl Pissed offi "What happened in your hideous old dream?" It was early morning again in Trijata^ memory as she began . . . "1 saw a starry chariot pulled by a hundred swans across the blue and in it flying flowers Rama all in white and Lakshamana with him And I saw the waves curling and rolling against a bright white hill with Sita on top all in white