||Sri Ram Jayram Jaya Jaya Ram||

Chapter -72 – Dhoha -71

Lord Hari's advice to the deities and Mother Earth

Maharishi Yajjavalkhya speaks “Oh! Bharadhwaja, the supreme Lord Hari highly pleased listening to the praises of Lord Bhrama, deities and Mother Earth, a divine voice rose from the sky and it removed the grief of the deities, “Oh! Sages and Rishis, Siddhas, Indra and deities do not get anxious. I will assume the form of a human for the welfare of all, I will take birth in the illustrious clan of Surya, I will be born as the son of Kashyapa and Devi Adithi who underwent extreme penance and attained boon from me. They have incarnated as King Dhasharatha and Devi Kausalya in the city of Ayodhya, I will be born as Raghukulathilaka, one of the four children in his palace. I will be born with the Paramashakthi/Devi Sita, and make the words of Maharishi Narada true, in the way I will reduce the burden of Earth. Oh! Deities, do not get worried.” The deities assembled were satisfied listening to the divine voice and returned to their respective abodes.  Lord Bhrama pacified Mother Earth, thus she got relieved from fear and grief.

Lord Bhrama advised the deities assembled “Oh! Deities, assume the form of Vanara and serve the lotus feet of Lord Hari on the Earth.” Thus Lord Bhrama returned to Sathyaloka. All the deities along with Mother Earth peacefully returned to their abodes. The deities who listened to the advice of Lord Bhrama did not waste time, assumed the form of Vanaras, and their fearlessness and prowess were incomparable. These valorous Vanaras used mountains, trees, and sharp nails as their weapon. The extremely valiant ones sincerely waited for the incarnation of Lord Hari as the son of King Dhasharatha and Devi Kausalya. These Vanaras took shelter in the mountains and trees, they moved on with huge groups.

Lord Mahadeva speaks “Oh! Bhavani, I shall describe an interesting myth that took place in between, there was an illustrious King Dhasharatha of Raghu clan who ruled the city of Ayodhya, was praised by Veda.  He was righteous, intelligent and storehouse of virtues. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu, his wives Devi Kausalya, Devi Sumithra, and Devi Kaikeyi were lived chaste lives, they were humble, promising to their husband, and passionate devotees of Lord Hari. Once, King Dhasharatha felt extremely distressed due to lack of progeny, he immediately left to the hermitage of family preceptor Sage Vashishta, he fell at the feet of Sage Vashishta and earnestly prayed, he described grief without a child in the palace, Sage Vashishta comforted him and said “Oh! Rajan, kindly keeps yourself calm and courageous, you will have four children, and they will become prominent in the three worlds, and they remove the fears of the devotees.”