![]() ![]() The breeze blew gently at the sight of the two brothers following the sage and the heavens showered flowers. The royal princes took the blessings of the father, mothers and the family priest Sage Vasishtha. The author is Acharya, Chinmaya Mission, Tiruchi pacified by Vasishtha, King Dasaratha sent his dear son Rama along with his brother Lakshmana with the royal sage Vishwamitra. When Vishwamitra directed Rama and Lakshmana to the hermitage, the sages living there came forward to welcome them, offering water to wash the feet and hands of the great sage Vishwamitra.Īfter chanting their prayers for the evening, the sage regaled the two brothers with many an enlightening story about the hermitage and the dwellers who lived there coming in the tradition of Lord Shiva himself. This place where Kama shed his body is called the Anga Desha. Rudra, the power of Shiva as the destroyer, also burnt him to ashes and since then the god of love did not have a body. Shiva uttered the powerful word ‘Hum’ and quelled the pride of Kama, also called Kandarpa. He, however, sent his flowery shafts of love towards Lord Shiva who was meditating in this hermitage. When they questioned him together about the ashram, Sage Vishwamitra was only too happy to narrate the tale. The boys spotted an ashrama where, they noted, lived rishis who had been meditating and practising austerities for many years on end. Then they left with the sage to the confluence of the Ganga and the Sarayu. They went before the sage and served him too. No sooner than the princes heard the voice of the Maharshi, they got up and went about their morning process of purification, prayers and then recited the Gayatri Mantra. There is divine work to be done by the two of you.) Please get up o tiger among human beings. ![]() In the morning the sage wakes Rama up with the most famous words-Kausalya supraja Rama purva sandhya pravartate| Utthishta narashardula kartavya, daivamanhikam (O great son of Kausalya, the early dawn has come. The two boys slept that night with the sage in the forest on the banks of the Sarayu. ![]() The mantras would protect them even when they were careless while sleeping in strange places at night. Chanting this, the brothers would know no fatigue, tiredness, feverishness or will not ever look old. The sage taught them a mantra called Bala and Atibala. The brothers walked with Sage Vishwamitra for a ‘yojana-and-a-half’-12 miles-and they reached the bank of the Sarayu river. Rama with side locks falling freely on either sides of his face, bearing the bow was followed by Lakshmana. ![]()
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