||Sri Ram Jayram Jaya Jaya Ram||

Chapter -85 – Dhoha

The meeting of Rama and Devi Sita

It was the final hours of the night; the rooster produced loud noise made Lakshmana leave the bed. The supreme Lord who is Sarvajja, Jagathpathi was already up before his preceptor. He had performed all the routines and took bath and performed daily rites, and they stood before the preceptor. Later, with the permission of the preceptor they together went to collect flowers from the garden, they have seen a beautiful garden in the palace, that gave out the appearance of Vasantha Rithu in all seasons, filled with fresh alluring flowers of various fragrances. There were a number of auspicious trees, there were creepers, filled with fruits and flowers, excels the beauty of gardens in the Devaloka. There was a number of species of birds, Chakora, Cuckoo, Myna, peacock, parrots were singing melodiously, the peacock was dancing to the tunes. There were beautiful water fountains in the middle of the garden, the steps to this fountain were constructed with gems and precious stones. There was a cluster of lotus flowers in the serene waters of the fountains, it was filled with water animals and buzzing sounds of the honey bees. The Supreme Lord who is perpetual bliss and his brother were astonished watching the beauty of it.  Oh! Listeners, if these pleasure gardens are capable to kindle happiness in the hearts of the abode of supreme bliss, we could imagine the attractiveness of this garden.

These two brothers looked around for the caretakers of the garden, with their permission they have started collecting leaves and flowers with great enthusiasm. In the same time, Devi Sita was on her way to worship Goddess Girija, at the order of her mother arrived in the garden. She was accompanied by women folks of great intelligence in marvelous attires were singing melodiously. There was a beautiful shrine close to the pond that attracts the heart of everyone. Devi Sita took bath in the pond with her female attendants and went to the shrine of Goddess Girija. She worshiped Goddess Girija and prayed for a suitable groom with intense devotion, one of her attendants went to check on the flower garden, met these two handsome youth, she could resist her happiness rushed to Devi Sita. She was in a state of ecstasy, with tears overflowing on her cheeks, all her companions approached her and enquired the reason for it with kind words.  The female attendant began to speak “ Oh! Ladies, I have seen two handsome princes in the garden, one is dark cloud complexioned and anther one is fair, I could not describe their attractiveness, I have no words to describe them.” All those women folks were become happy, seeing the anxious of Devi Sita to know more about these handsome youth, one of the intelligent women speaks “These two handsome youths are the princes followed Maharishi Vishwamithra. They have won the hearts of the people of Mithila with their beauty, humility, generosity, and simplicity. The whole city is talking about their attractiveness and compassion; we should go and meet them, they are highly virtuous and attractive as well.” The speeches of his female attendants kindled desires in Devi Sita to witness the two handsome youths, she rushed to meet them, but none understood her love for Rama is eternal.

Devi Sita remembered the words of Maharishi Narada, it kindled intense love for Rama, and she looked around in search of Rama like a baby antelope in extreme terror and anxiousness. Rama could listen to the jingling noises of bangles, waist ornaments, chest ornaments, and anklets took great interest in his heart and spoke to Lakshmana “Lord Kamadeva has started playing the auspicious instrument Dhundhubi to win over the Universe.” he looked at the directions of the Jiggling noises, Alas! His eyes took great interest like Chakora bird that take pleasure in the full moon, he took great pleasure watching that marvelous beauty of Devi Sita. He watched at her loveliness without blinking eyes, he took great pleasure in her attractiveness. He highly praised her beauty in his heart, words did not come out. Lord Bhrama showed his excellence in creation by creating Devi Sita and send down to Earth, spoke to himself “she is the epitome of beauty, spreading loveliness to the whole Universe, she shines like a lightning in the magnificent shrine, poets are incompetent to describe her beauty, how did I describe the beauty of Vidhehaputhri?” In this way, Prabhu described the beauty of Devi Sita, and he began to converse with his brother.