Srimad Ramayana Tathva Deepika # 98 (Ba:la Ka:nda)

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Srimathe Ramanujayanamaha!

Jeeyar Thiruvadigale SaraNam!

 

9th Sarga:

 

Among the ministers of Dasaratha, Sumantra wished for his king’s welfare the

most and he was elder to all others in age and in intelligence too. Some time

back he heard Sanathkumara mention to other sages that Dasaratha should perform

Putrakaameshti under the direction of Rushyasringa along with Aswame:dha ya:ga

to beget sons. He secretly came to Emperor Dasaratha and intimated thus what he

heard earlier,

“Prabhu! Long ago Sanathkumara, while talking to the sages there, mentioned

something about you getting children. I will put before you what all I heard.

Kaashyapa had a son by name Vibhandaka and he had a son called Rishyasringa. He

lived in woods, became a sage and performed yajna:s regularly. All this story

did not take place when Sanathkumara spoke about you. Sanathkumaara who had the

knowledge of future, predicted in the assembly of sages that all these things

would happen this way in your life and I chanced to listen to their

conversation. That Rishyasringa knew nothing more than following his father

Vibhandaka and serving him. He knew only his father and his hermitage.

 

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Jaisrimannarayana!

Ramanujamma Mudumbai, Ramanuja Dasi