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Dear Bhagavatas:
A Bhagavata has raised the following question regarding Bharata?s taking Sri Rama?s Paduka for installing at Nandigramam. Can any knowledgeable scholar Offer a suitable answer to the question?
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Sri Rama left for the forest wearing the attire befitting an ascetic. He does not seem to have taken with him any royal belongings. Of course, he took his bow and arrows (KodanDam) and a pair of footwear to protect his feet treading on thorns and hard rock.

As the story goes, Sri Rama offered his footwear and Bharata took it to Nandigrama and installed it on the throne there, himself serving as a regent. No doubt, this is praiseworthy.

But, the question is:
Was he right in depriving Sri Rama of even his footwear leaving him to walk barefoot in the thorn filled forest and sharp stone-filled terrain? Is there any reference to Sri Rama taking extra pairs of shoes, so that he could spare one to Bharata or to Bharata taking an alternative pair all the way from AyOdhya?
If not, would this not be a disservice to Sri Rama?
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