Guest guest Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Bala Kanda Sarga-64 Om Asmadgurubhyo Namaha Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha Visvamithra's severe Tapas made Indra uncomfortable and he called Rambha and said "Rambha! This is a request from all the Devathas. You should go and disturb Kausika (Vishvamithra) from his Tapas by drawing him away from his goal towards you, with your beauty." Rambha with both fear and concern said, "Devaraja! Vishvamithra is a very dominant perceptive person with his powers due to his Tapas and I am frightened to be cursed". Indra replied, "Rambha! Don't worry. You follow my order. Vasantha (Manmadha) will be with you, and I will also follow you. With your beauty, you must distract Sage Vishvamithra". Obeying Indra's orders, Rambha tried to disturb Vishvamithra from his concentrated Tapas. With her engaging voice, Visvamithra's mind started to wander and he saw Rambha but this time he realized that, this is all Indra's plan and with anger he cursed her, " Rambha! While I am trying to triumph over Kama (lust), and krodha (anger), you are trying to stimulate me. For your deceitful act, you will be in a stone form (sila rupa) for 10,000 years and then you will get released from your curse." It was a curse to be in stone form, but in reality it is like living in a snake form and accepted by a thapasvi/ Brahman, to be a wife and then she will be liberated from the curse. In Sanskrit snake got a name "Brahmani", wife of Brahman. Unable to control his anger Vishvamithra cursed Rambha to become shaili (to be in stone form) and his Tapas was ruined once more. Vishvamithra was sad, that he couldn't control his indriayas (senses) and again he was determined to do even more severe Tapas for many years until he becomes a Brahmarishi. He decided to do Tapas without food, water and air. Because of Rambha, the northern side Tapas got ruined, and he left towards eastern direction and continued to do Tapas for thousands of years. JETUSA PRAJNA Teachers (To be cont) Jai Srimannarayana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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