Guest guest Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Sriramayana#16 Om Asmath Gurubhyo Namaha Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha ** Upon hearing the broken promises from Dasaratha, the ire (anger) of sage Visvamithra is aimed at king Dasaratha. Visvamithra wrathfully replied to the king "You promised to fulfill my desire when I arrived, now you are changing your mind. This is not the behavior expected of Kings, who are descendents of Raghu Vamsa. Since you are not agreeable to your promise, I have nothing more to say to you, I will leave empty-handed, (the same way I came in). May you live happily here after with all your kith and kin?" When Sage Visvamithra unleashed His fury, the whole earth trembled and the devathas were worried. Usually, Viswamithra has to curse Dasaratha for his mistake. But now he became Bramarshi, that's why he is trying to control his anger. So, instead of saying you will die along with your relatives, he said live happily with your sons and relatives in a anger mode. Viswamithra did thousands of years penance to became Brahmarshi. Now he became Brahmarshi and all Vedas and Pranava are revealed to him by the boon of Chaturmukha Brahma. Still he is getting angry. In olden days whenever he grew angry he use to curse the people always. But, somehow he managed and controlled his anger and didn't gave any curse to Dasaratha. That is the improvement by sadhana. One will have indriya nigraha and peace only after getting the darsana of the supreme one. Though Viswamithra became Brahmarshi, still he has to do sadhana to attain sidhdhi(Bhagavat prapti). We will read about a peaceful Viswamithra after completion of his yaga under the protection of Srirama in coming sargas. On witnessing the whole episode Brahmarshi Vasishta, to pacify sage Visvamithra, Raja Guru Vasishta interfered and trying to convince king Dasaratha to send Rama with Visvamithra. Being the Raja Guru, he advised King Dasaratha "Oh King!, you born in Ikshwaku dynasty. You are nothing but the personification of Dharma(ethics). You are a staunch one with righteous principles and follower of dharma sastra in the true sense. So, it is not good to for you to take back your promise. Please go back on your words, otherwise all your punyas(earned by performing Aswmetha yaga etc) will be vanished. "Whether Rama is trained in weaponry or not, demons cannot overwhelm Rama as long as Kusi's son Visvamithra protects him, as the firewall that protects divine nectar, in heaven. And Vasishta goes onto enumerate the capabilities of Vishvamitra which includes weaponry, Sastras, and great wisdom. " He is an embodiment of virtues, matchless among the warriors, peerless in intellect, and flawless in His Tapas. He is an expert of various missiles, and He is unchallenged in all worlds. These weapons were given to Him by Lord Siva, during His tapas, and these weapons known to Visvamithra are the highly honorable children of Bhrusaasva Prajapati, who was earliest ruler of mankind." So, Oh, Dasaratha!, everything is known to this great-sage Visvamithra, and He himself can control the demons, but He has plans for Your son Rama, and only great things will happen to Rama in Vishvamithra's company. Thus he recommends that Viswamithra will be an appropriate teacher for further training and Rama will derive a lot of benefits from Visvamithra. So, do not have any doubts in mind, send Rama with Him and keep Your promise." On hearing these well spoken words of His chief advisor, finally King Dasaratha agreed to send Rama with Vishvamithra to the forest, to protect his Yajna and automatically Lakshmana accompanied Rama. Contd. Jaisrimannarayana! Jet Prajna Teachers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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