||Sri Ram Jayram Jaya Jaya Ram||

Chapter – 60 – Dhoha – 59

Manu and Devi Shatharoopa conducted penance consuming water for six thousand years, later they have lived on Vayu for seven thousand years and continued their austerities; further, they have refused to take Vayu, and stood on the single leg and conducted penance for ten thousand years.  Lord Bhrama, Lord Vishnu and Lord Maheshwara approached Manu and inspired him to ask for a boon. But this couple was too firm in their devotion did not ask for any boon, their body become nothing other than skeleton but their mind and intellect were too strong did not find any difficulties. The supreme Lord understood Manu and Devi Shatharoopa are his sincere attendants, suddenly a compassionate voice that sounds like the nectar of immortality, rose from the sky, it entered through their ears and immediately their skeleton body has transformed into beautiful and attractive, exactly like the time they left their kingdom, immediately the couple prostrated before that direction of the divine voice heard.

Manu spoke “Oh! Prabho, you are the safest asylum and Kalpatharu for your devotees. The dust from your lotus feet is worshipped by Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, and Lord Mahesha. Your worships are simple and you are the provider of welfare and happiness. You are the Lord of all the living and non-living things, and you are the protector of them. Oh! Anathabandho, If you are really pleased with us, kindly give us a boon and reveal that magnificent form of you as Lord Rama who resides in the heart of Lord Shiva,  was sought after by illustrious sages and rishis, resides as a swan in the heart of Sage Bhushundi and eulogized as Saguna and Nirguna Bhramam by Veda. Kindly shower your auspicious grace on us and make it possible for us to take great pleasure in that glorious form of you.” The supreme Lord Hari was highly pleased with the kind words of King Swayambhuva Manu and Devi Shatharoopa. Thus the Supreme Lord Rama who is Bhakthavathsala, Kripanidhi, and all-pervasive appeared before them.

Maharishi Yajjavalkhya speaks “ Oh! Bharadhwaja, the supreme Lord Rama who has lustrous body resembles the blue lotus flower, rain cloud complexioned and the sparkling of blue sapphire, excels the beauty of crores of Manmatha. He is the epitome of beauty, his face has the luster of the full moon, beautiful cheeks, and jawline has attractive conch-shaped neck, red lips resembles Bimba fruits, lovely nose and attractive line of teeth. He has a beautiful smile that excels full moon, his eyes have the resemblance of freshly bloomed lotus flower petals, has an attractive gaze, his eyebrows excel the beauty of the bow of Kamadeva, his lustrous forehead was adorned in sandalwood and vermilion paste, his ears were adorned in Makarakundala, and decorated in the magnificent crown, the attractive dark curly hair locks resemble a pack of honey bees, he has adorned in Srivathsa, Kausthubha, and  Vanamala, and various gem decorated precious ornaments all over the body, he has adorned in sacred thread across the chest, he has long hands resembles the trunk of elephant adorned in armlets and bangles, he was adorned in marvelous waist ornament, wielded on bow and arrow. He was attired in beautiful yellow silk garment excels the beauty of lightning, he has attractive three lines on the stomach, his navel resembles the beauty of deep circles in the water current of Yamuna. The Supreme Lord Rama whose lotus feet are  eagerly sought after by the Rishis and Sages like a pack of honey bees were beyond description, on his left  Adishakthi/Devi Sita who is chaste wife symbolizes storehouse of virtues, the epitome of beauty, most promising to her husband, and the source of the Universe and its living beings. The supreme Goddess Sita is the source of numerous Lakshmi, Uma, and Saraswathi, the movement of her eyebrows is enough to perform the task of creation of the universe and its living beings.  Thus, Swayambhuva Manu and Devi Shatharoopa looked at that glorious form of supreme Lord Hari who is the ocean of beauty with his consort, they  kept looking at them without blinking their eyes."