The Bhikṣuṇī Maṇimēkhalai

228 - Protection of the Chaste
“Since you are not legitimately entitled to rule as a Cōḻa, Paraśurāma
will not go to war with you, and, since this city has been placed under
your rule in this emergency, the city shall hereafter go by the name
Kākandi.”
Having thus enjoined it upon Kakandan, Kāntan assumed a disguise
and went out of the city. Kakandan carried out the instructions of his
father and was ruling, from the city, the Cōḻa kingdom.
The younger of his two sons was struck with the attractiveness of a
Brahman woman Marudi as she was returning alone from her bath in
the river Kāvēri. He made overtures of love to her when she was in
that unguarded condition. Disconcerted by this unsuspected
molestation, she cried out that
“In this world chaste wives that could command even the rains to
come, would not enter the hearts of others. Somehow today, my form
has found entry in the [168] heart of this young man. I have, therefore,
become unfit to do the service of preserving the three kinds of fire for
my husband the Brahman. What is it that I have done to come to this.”
So saying, without returning to her house as usual, she walked up the
street to the square where was set the statue of the guardian-deity of
the city. She then addressed the deity:
“I am not aware of having at any time done anything undutiful to my
husband. Even so, how could I so easily get into the heart of another?
I am not aware of any error on my part that could have brought me to
this. I have heard from the wise that you will bind with your rope
those of evil deeds, even though they should do them secretly, and,
destroying them, would eat them up. Have you become false to your
charge as you do not appear to be doing that act of justice now?”