||Sri Ram Jayram Jaya Jaya Ram||

Chapter -76 – Dhoha -75

The description of the beauty of Lord Rama

Lord Mahadeva speaks “ Oh! Devi, Rama has an attractive appearance, has the luster of blue lotus flower and dark clouds excel the beauty of crores of Manmatha, his red lotus-like feet and the toenails were sparkling like the pearls attached on the lotus flower, his marvelous feet has the divine symbols, the jingling noises from the anklets on his feet enthused the hearts of saints and ascetics, his waist was adorned in marvelous waist ornament, he has three lines on the stomach, the depth of his navel known to whoever witnessed, his long hands were adorned in armlets, bangles, finger rings, etc. his chest was adorned in various ornaments, pearls, and gem decorated ornaments, his chest has the mark of feet of Sage Bhrigu,  the beautiful neck has the appearance of the conch, his jaw-line was attractive, his charm excels the beauty of crores of Manmatha. His beautiful red lips covered the little teeth, he has attractive nose, ears, cheeks, and forehead decorated in vermilion and sandalwood paste. His unclear childish talks were pleasing to ears, his long curly hair locks were decorated with various ornaments and pearls, tied up on the head by his mother. He was attired in magnificent yellow silk garment; I took great pleasure in watching him beautifully crawling all over the place. His beauty and attractive physical features are difficult to describe for Anantha or Veda that can be described only for the people who dreamed of it. The Supreme Lord Rama who is bliss, beyond Maya and description, took great pleasure in the love and affection of those royal couple and immersed in various childhood pastimes.”

Lord Mahadeva speaks “Oh! Bhavani, in this way, the supreme Lord Hari who is the father and mother of The universe and its living beings, provided happiness to the people of Ayodhya. Oh! Devi, this is how the Supreme Lord Ramachandra showers his bountiful mercy upon the people who have intense love and devotion at his lotus feet. People who keep themselves away from the lotus feet of Raghupathi would never get freed from the ocean of worldly existence. The powerful Maya of Lord Hari who persuades all the living and non-living things obediently stands before him in extreme terror. The supreme Lord controls his Maya with the movements of his eyes brows, therefore whom should we depend and contemplate? Whoever sincerely worships Lord Rama with words, mind, and deeds,   leaving all the deceitfulness, would achieve the perpetual grace of him. In this way, Lord Rama enhanced the happiness of the people of Ayodhya with his various childhood pastimes. Devi Kausalya was completely devoted to taking care of her little child; sometimes keep him on her lap or leaving him in the cradle, and keeps singing the various pastimes of her little child, in this way several days and night have passed.”

||Sri Ram Jayram Jaya Jaya Ram||

Chapter -75 – Dhoha -74

The naming ceremony of the children

Lord Mahadeva speaks “Oh! Girija, I shall narrate an interesting incident took place, Sage Kakabhusundi and I was disguised as humans, were taken great pleasure in the city of Ayodhya, we were soaked in extreme bliss and devotion were roaming around the pathways of the villages of Ayodhya and watching the happiness of the people. Whoever has the grace of Lord Rama upon them would understand that glorious and auspicious myth. King Dhasharatha fulfilled all the desires of his subjects on this occasion; he offered elephants, chariots, horses, gold, cows, diamonds, and garments, etc. as a charity. The people were extremely satisfied, and all those people blessed “The Prabhu of Tulasidas and children of Dhasharatha Long live!”

Thus several days have passed; King Dhasharatha invited Maharishi Vashishta to name the children. The Maharishi Vashishta who was reverentially greeted by the King and his wives took a seat and immersed in meditation for a while and replied “Oh! Rajan, your children have endless names, and great splendor, I shall pronounce the names according to my thoughts. Oh! Rajan, Your elder son who symbolizes the ocean of bliss, happiness, and prosperity, would be known as ‘Rama’ who is the abode of supreme bliss and provider of happiness to the three worlds. I shall name your second son as ‘Bharatha’ who will be the ruler of the Universe and develop the life on the Earth. I shall name your another son as ‘Shathrughna’ who is eulogized in Veda, mere utterance of  his  name would remove the enemies,  and I shall name the marvelous child who is favorite of ‘Rama’ and the source of the existence of the Universe and its living beings as   ‘Lakshman’.” Maharishi Vashishta engaged in contemplation and continued “Oh! Rajan, your four children are the highest philosophies in the Veda. Rama is the life of Lord Shiva, he is the wealth of saintly men and ascetics, he is everything to his devotes, is taking great pleasure in the various childhood pastimes.”  Lakshmana grew too attached to elder brother Rama and devoted his time to his lotus feet, he was too promising to his elder brother and considered him as Lord. Bharatha and Shathrughna shared the love of Lord and servant of Lord. The pair of Rama and Lakshmana was extremely eye-catching, one has the complexion of dark clouds and another one has a fair complexion, their mothers would remove the grass and shred it into pieces to remove evil eyes on their children. These four children were the abode of beauty, virtues, and humility, and Rama was the ocean of bliss. His marvelous smile resembles the luster of the moon, he took a seat on his mother’s lap sometimes on the cradle, in this way Devi Kausalya showered boundless love and devotion to her child, took great pleasure on that little child.  The supreme Lord Hari who is free from Maya, unblemished, beyond the Trigunas, omnipresent and absolute Bramam took shelter on the lap of Devi Kausalya due to her intense devotion.

||Sri Ram Jayram Jaya Jaya Ram||

Chapter -74 – Dhoha -73

The celebration in the city of Ayodhya

Tulsidas Maharaj speaks “Whoever listens to the birth of the supreme Lord Hari as the child of Devi Kausalya, would attain the Param Dhama, they will not fall in the dangerous well of worldly existence.”

The Supreme Lord who is beyond Maya, not perceivable through the sense, beyond the Triguna, incarnated on the Earth, for the welfare of  Vipras, Go and deities, Saintly men and ascetic. Listening to the cries of the child all the queens rushed to the chamber of Devi Kausalya. The royal attendants ran here and there in extreme bliss. The people of Ayodhya were in a state of ecstasy. The news of the birth of the child arrived in the ears of Dhasharatha made him drench in Bhramanandha, he was soaked in extreme affection, and enthusiasm got out of that bliss “That compassionate Lord whose name provides extreme bliss has born as a child in my home.” He immediately invited the musicians to the palace, invited the preceptor, and all the Vipravrinda reverentially.  The guests arrived went to have a look at the new-born who is the storehouse of virtues was beyond comparison, they could not withdraw their eyes from the beauty of the child.

King Dhasharatha performed Nandhi, Mukhashradhdha, and Jathakarma, like the religious rites of the child, donated an abundance of wealth, gold, cows, clothes, and ornaments to the twice-born. The city of Ayodhya was in a festive mood, fortresses and houses were decorated with flags and decorative and flowers, it was beyond description. The sky showered flowers on the Earth. The people were drenched in Bhramananda, beautiful women adorned in magnificent clothes and ornaments rushed to the palace to see the child, they were holding auspicious ingredients, and Mangalakalasha, and arrived at the doors of the palace. They were singing melodiously, they have kept Mangaladhravya and Deepa on the head side of the infant to remove evil eyes on the child, they prostrated before the child again and again. Magadha – sutha –Vandhigana – Gayakas were sung in praise of Lord Raghunayaka. They have offered various gifts to the newborn according to their capacity and forgot to take any gifts back to their homes. All the pathways of the city of Ayodhya were soaked in  Kasthuri, Chandana, Kumkum.  The houses were filled in joy, music, and dances, and they have celebrated the birth of the divine child.

Devi Kaikeyi delivered a beautiful male child and Devi Sumithra gave birth to two attractive infants. The splendor of the birth of these children and the wealth and happiness of the city of Ayodhya was impossible to describe even for Devi Sharadha or the thousand hooded Anantha. The city of Ayodhya sunk in festivities, the smoke of incenses filled in the air, the sunset gave out the appearance of vermilion on the sky, numerous stars shone like gems, and the huge fortress of Ayodhya gave out marvelous appearance, that auspicious day did not fade, extended up to several months, none could realize the truth, Lord Surya was not willing to move out of Ayodhya, none could trace out the difference. Finally Lord Surya sang in praise of endless virtues of Lord Rama and resumed his function. The deities, saintly men and ascetic, Nagas took great pleasure in the festivities and considered themselves are fortunate ones and returned to their abodes.

||Sri Ram Jayram Jaya Jaya Ram||

Chapter -73 – Dhoha -72

 The birth of Lord Rama 

Sage Vashishta invited Rishi Rishyashringa and advised to perform Puthrakameshti Yaga/fire sacrifice to obtain virtuous offspring.  Thus a grand Yajja was conducted; offerings were made in the fire with intense devotion. As a result of the Yajja, the deity appeared from the fire with a gem decorated vessel of sweet porridge, it was reverentially received by King Dhasharatha.  The Agnideva pronounced “Oh! Rajan, you will have four children as advised by Maharishi Vashishta, Oh! Rajan, share the porridge with your wives as you wish.” Thus the Agnideva disappeared from the sight. King Dasaratha could not control his happiness, immediately called for his queens, Devi Kausalya received half of the porridge, the remaining portion was divided equal halves and given to Devi Kaikeyi and Devi Sumithra, later Devi Kaikeyi offered half of the portion to Devi Sumithra. In due course of time, all the queens were got pregnant with their child. The moment Lord Hari entered the womb of Devi Kaushalya, the whole city of Ayodhya witnessed auspicious omen, the three worlds felt fortunate and people were extremely happy, the country flourished with rich natural and mineral resources, prevailed an abundance of wealth and happiness all over the world. The Queens shone with lovely appearance, happiness, humility, in this way, the city of Ayodhya absorbed in happiness and prosperity.”

Thus, all the living and non-living things on the Earth lived in extreme bliss, was taking great pleasure in the upcoming birth of Lord Hari as the son of King Dhasharatha and Devi Kaushalya.  It was on an auspicious Vara, Lagna, Yoga, and Thithi and the position of the planets, it was on the divine month of Chaithra, Shuklapaksha, Navami Thithi and it was favorite Abhijeet Nakshatra as the birth star, it was on the mid-afternoon, it was neither too hot nor cold, it was an auspicious moment, the atmosphere was extremely pure, a cool breeze carrying the fragrances of freshly bloomed flowers, deities become delightful, and the saintly and ascetic people were in a state of bliss. The entire woods were filled with the marvelous flowers of various fragrances, the mountains were flourished with rich minerals and gems, the watercourses were serene carrying nectar-like waters.  Lord Bhrama and the deities understood that the birth of Lord Hari as Lord Rama has taken place already.  All the deities came down in their respective celestial vehicles beautifully decorated. The sky filled with the Gandharvas, Apsaras, and deities, showered flowers on the Earth, the sky has reverberated in the sounds of Dhundhubhi, Nagas, Sages, Rishis, and deities were eulogizing the supreme Lord Hari and returned to their respective abodes. Thus, the supreme Lord Jagannivasa who is the safest asylum of the Jeeva, Kripalu, most promising Lord and the compassionate Lord took birth as the son of Devi Kausalya on the Earth. His mesmerizing beauty kindled their hearts and enhanced the happiness of his mother. He was born with four arms wielded in Shankha Chakra Gadha and Padma, rain cloud complexioned, adorned in various precious ornaments, Kausthubha, Vanamala, Srivathsa, beautiful wide eyes resemble lotus flower petals.  Devi Kausalya with folded hands prayed to that magnificent child “ Oh! Anantha, how did I eulogize you? Veda and scriptures are incompetent to describe your virtues, Maya, and wisdom, you are beyond description, I have realized the Lakshmikantha who is the ocean of mercy, supreme bliss, store-house of virtues, was eulogized by Veda and Saintly men, favorite of ardent devotees, have born as a child to me. The Veda eulogizes that numerous Bhramanda exists in place of your bodily hairs. Oh! Prabhu, you have lived in my fetus, this legend would create confusion among the renounced souls.” Prabhu looked at his mother and listening to her knowledgeable words smiled at her affectionately. The Supreme Lord has to perform endless pastimes, and advised his mother to love him as her own child, Devi Kausalya replied “Oh! Prabhu, leave your divine form of Lord Hari, and assume the form of a child and engage in various pastimes that would make this mother supremely delightful.” The Supreme Lord, who is all-pervasive, immediately assumed the form of an infant and cried loudly.

||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.”

||Sri Ram Jayram Jaya Jaya Ram||

Chapter -71 – Dhoha -70

Lord Bhrama's sthuthi on Lord Hari 

Lord Mahadeva speaks “ Oh! Devi, the deities, Sages, Gandharvas assumed the form of cow along with Mother Earth approached Lord Bhrama.  They appealed to Lord Bhrama who felt helpless, and advised her “Oh! Devi, the supreme Lord Hari who is indestructible will help all of us. Oh! Bhoodevi, do not get anguish, contemplate upon the lotus feet of Supreme Lord Hari, that Prabhu will remove all the miseries and sufferings of his sincere devotees.” The deities decided to meet Lord Hari, and decided to go to Vaikunda, some others advised to meet Prabhu in the milky ocean, people who have intense devotion and faith envisioned Lord Hari in their hearts. Oh! Girija, I was present among the deities advised them “The supreme Lord Hari is omnipresent; he can be witnessed only with devotion and love. Oh! Deities, there is no place in the three worlds without the presence of Lord Hari, there is no direction or place is available without him, he is the Lord of all the living and non-living things, he remains unattached to it, he is Vairagin, he appears before the people who have intense faith and devotion upon him, like the friction of two stone causes fire.” All the deities assembled were strongly appreciated. Lord Bhrama rose from his seat, with tears overflowing, and with folded hands eulogized the supreme Lord Hari.”

Bhrama Sthuthi:

Lord Bhrama eulogizes “Oh! Suranayaka, Oh! Bhakthajana Sukhadhayak, Oh! Ashritharakshak, highly promising to twice-born and Go, Oh! Asurashathro, Oh! Lakshmikantha, Hail you! Oh! Bhagavan, the protector of deities and the Mother Earth, you are inexplicable and highly confidential, you are perpetual, resides as a soul in living beings, you are all-pervasive, Paramanandha, you are invisible to all, you are beyond sense organs, Oh! Pavanacharithra, you are beyond Maya, Oh! Mukunda, Hail You!  You are sought after by the ascetics, Vairagins, illustrious Sages and Rishis, and constantly contemplate upon you with intense devotion and love. They sing in praise of you, Oh! Sacchidanandaroopa Hail you! You have created Deva, Asura, and humans, Oh! The destroyer of demon Aghasura kindly showers your mercy upon us. Oh! Bhagavan, we do not know Bhakti, or elaborate worship of you, Oh! Bhagavan, you are the destroyer of fears and anxieties of worldly existence, you are the source of happiness to Rishis and Sages, you are the destroyer of all the troubles, Oh! Bhagavan, we are deities leaving all our skills, and sincerely praying with words, mind, and deeds, and taking shelter at your lotus feet. Oh! Bhagavan, you are indescribable even for Devi Saraswathi, Veda, Adishesha, and Rishis. The Veda eulogizes you as the Bhakthavathsala, kindly shower your mercy upon us. You are like Mandharaparvatha to churn the ocean of worldly existence; your loveliness is beyond description, you are the storehouse of virtues, you are supreme bliss, prostrated by the illustrious Rishis, Siddhas, Sages, and deities.”

||Sri Ram Jayram Jaya Jaya Ram||

Chapter -70 – Dhoha -69

Ravana's atrocities on the Earth 

Ravana called for his elder son Meghanatha and advised him to use his prowess against the enemies, he asked him to use all his powers against the deities who are skilled in war techniques and imprison them. Meghanatha sincerely followed the command of his father, in this way the mighty Ravana holding his mace ordered his people, while he was walking the Earth trembled, while he produces boisterous voices the wives of the deities lost their fetus. Ravana’s arrival to the abode of deities forced them to hide in the caves of Mount Sumeru. Dhashanan went to attack the marvelous abode of Dikpalakas found it uninhabited. He produced roar like a lion and invited the deities to fight against him, showered abuses upon them. He constantly went in search for the opponent to fight against him, he found no one in the world. He intentionally harassed Indra, Surya, Chandra, Varuna, Vayu, Agni, Kubera, Yama, Kala, deities, Kinnaras, Siddhas, Humans, Naga etc.. All the creations of Bhrama, those male and female were under the influence of Dhashanan, all were extremely frightful of Ravana and followed his order sincerely, and prostrates before him. He conquered the whole world with his power, he did not let anyone free, ruled the world as the King of the Kings according to his own will. He married to the daughters of  Deva, Yaksha, Gandharva, Manushya, Kinnara, and Naga, and all those beautiful young women in the three worlds.

Indhrajith performed all that tasks desired by his father; he had the foresightedness of his father. The dreadful demons are sinners, had massive bodily appearances, and harassed the deities.  They wander during the darkest hours of the nights, assume various forms with their illusionary powers, and engage in various atrocities, they have performed all those tasks to oppose the deities. They took great effort to uproot the righteousness, the villages of twice-born, and the places of cowsheds were burnt into ashes. There were no auspicious rites in the world, they do not respect deities, twice-born and preceptors, there was no place for devotion to Lord Hari, Yaga, Tapas, or lectures or lessons of Veda and scriptures, people were forbidden to listen to Veda and scriptures. The atrocities of these wicked demons were indescribable; they took great pleasure in violence and endless sinful deeds.

Lord Mahadeva speaks “ Oh! Devi, the city of Lanka became a storehouse of all the wicked and immoral deeds, it has become the dwelling place of gamblers, thieves, deceitful who took custody of other’s wealth and wives. People do not respect parents or preceptor or worship deities or respect the saintly men and ascetics. They forced the saintly men to work hard and employed them in odd jobs. Oh! Bhavani, people who are performing all these atrocities are addressed as demons. The mother Earth was extremely terrified and grieved over the destruction of righteousness on the Earth, she spoke to herself “ Oh! The weight of the ocean, mountains, rivers, and hills does not cause heaviness to me, I cannot hold on the weight of the demons on the Earth.” She was scared of Ravana, could not speak out of those immoralities. She assumed the form of a cow and went to the caves of Sumeru where deities and sages were taking shelter, she shed tears of intense grief and described her sufferings, unfortunately, these deities and Sages were not in a position to relieve mother Earth from her sufferings.