Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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›R∫ RÅMACARITAMÅNASA *
Even though He hesitated in speaking to Her in the presence of His mother, He
realized within Himself the emergency of the situation and said, ìListen to my advice, O
princess, and do not misunderstand me. If you wish well of me as well as of yourself,
please accept my suggestion and stay at home. You will be obeying my order and
rendering service to your mother-in-law; by remaining at home, O good lady, you will be
benefited in everyway. For a woman there is no other duty more sacred than reverently
adoring the feet of her husbandís parents. Whenever my mother thinks of me and feeling
disconsolate due to her love for me loses her balance of mind, do you console her, my
love, with soothing words by narrating old legends to her. I tell you sincerely and
solemnly; it is for my motherís sake, O charming lady, that I leave you here.î (1ó4)
ŒÙ0óªÈ⁄U üÊÈÁà ‚¢◊à œ⁄U◊ »§‹È ¬Êß• Á’Ÿ®„U ∑§‹apple‚–
„U∆U ’‚ ‚’ ‚¢∑§≈U ‚„appleU ªÊ‹fl Ÿ„ÈU· Ÿ⁄appleU‚H 61H
Do.: gura ‹ruti sa≈mata dharama phalu påia binahiÚ kalesa,
ha¢ha basa saba sa≈ka¢a sahe gålava nahua naresa.61.
ì(By staying at home in deference to me wishes) you will easily obtain the
reward of virtue approved of by oneís elders and the Vedas; whereas by giving
themselves over to obduracy the sage Gålava,* King Nahua† and all others suffered
great hardships.î (61)
øı0ó◊Ò¥ ¬ÈÁŸ ∑§Á⁄U ¬˝flÊŸ Á¬ÃÈ ’ÊŸË – ’appleÁª Á»§⁄U’ ‚ÈŸÈ ‚È◊ÈÁπ ‚ÿÊŸËH
ÁŒfl‚ ¡Êà Ÿ®„U ‹ÊÁªÁ„U ’Ê⁄UÊ – ‚È¢ŒÁ⁄U Á‚πflŸÈ ‚ÈŸ„ÈU „U◊Ê⁄UÊH.1H
¡ı¥ „U∆U ∑§⁄U„ÈU ¬˝apple◊ ’‚ ’Ê◊Ê – Ãı ÃÈê„U ŒÈπÈ ¬Ê©U’ ¬Á⁄UŸÊ◊ÊH
∑§ÊŸŸÈ ∑§Á∆UŸ ÷ÿ¢∑§L§ ÷Ê⁄UË – ÉÊÙ⁄U ÉÊÊ◊È Á„U◊ ’ÊÁ⁄U ’ÿÊ⁄UËH.2H
∑ȧ‚ ∑¢§≈U∑§ ◊ª ∑§Ê°∑§⁄U ŸÊŸÊ – ø‹’ ¬ÿÊŒapple®„U Á’ŸÈ ¬ŒòÊÊŸÊH
ø⁄UŸ ∑§◊‹ ◊ÎŒÈ ◊¢¡È ÃÈê„UÊ⁄appleU – ◊Ê⁄Uª •ª◊ ÷ÍÁ◊œ⁄U ÷Ê⁄appleUH.3H
∑¢§Œ⁄U πÙ„U ŸŒË¥ ŸŒ ŸÊ⁄appleU – •ª◊ •ªÊœ Ÿ ¡Ê®„U ÁŸ„UÊ⁄appleUH
÷Ê‹È ’ÊÉÊ ’Î∑§ ∑apple§„UÁ⁄U ŸÊªÊ– ∑§⁄U®„U ŸÊŒ ‚ÈÁŸ œË⁄U¡È ÷ʪÊH.4H
*Gålava was a pupil of the celebrated sage Vi‹våmitra. When he was about to leave his Guru after
completing his studies, he requested the latter to ask something by way of the preceptorís fee (Gurudakiƒå).
Vi‹våmitra would ask nothing; but Gålava persisted in importuning him. At last, in order to get rid of his
obstinate student, the sage Vi‹våmitra ordered him to get for him a thousand snow-white horses with dark
ears. Gålava had to experience a good deal of trouble in procuring this rare breed of horses.
† King Nahua was a pious and illustrious ruler. When Indra, the lord of paradise, slew the demon Vætra
(who was a Bråhmaƒa by birth) he incurred the sin of having killed a Bråhmaƒa and out of shame hid himself
in the Månasarovara lake. Finding themselves without a king the gods installed King Nahua on the throne of
Indra and proclaimed him as their ruler. Nahua once beheld Indraís wife and, enamoured of her beauty,
longed to take her to wife. ›ac∂, who was noted for her fidelity to her husband, did not approve of Nahuaís
overtures and approached the sage Bæhaspati (the preceptor of gods) for protection. The gods and sages
thereupon expostulated with Nahua and tried to dissuade him but in vain. According to Bæhaspatiís advice
›ac∂ then offered to accept Nahua as her husband if the latter rode to her on a palanquin carried by sages.
Nahua, who was blinded by passion and was bent on having her as his wife at all costs, gladly agreed and
prevailed on the sages to carry him on their shoulders. As the sages, who got tired very soon, were
proceeding rather slowly, Nahua spurred them on and while doing so kicked the sage Agastya and the latter
pronounced a curse upon him that he should take the form of a python.