Lk01. Felicitation By Sages Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

LAVA KUSA (UTTARAKANDA)

Ayodhya enjoyed full freedom,
When Rama ruled the kingdom.
None suffered any torment,
Nor widows existed to lament.

No case of premature death,
Nor robbers found on the earth.
No dangers from any beasts,
Nor any fear of diseases.

No dearth of food grains,
Nor any shortfall of rains
No one in the country told lies,
Nor any lack of people pious.

People lived in total peace.
They did duties with ease.
They were all righteous.
Thus his rule was glorious.

Sages many came to felicitate.
They assembled at the palace gate.
Rama, who heard, ran there to meet
With water he washed their feet.

He paid them his humble respects.
He gave them excellent seats,
Made of sacred grass cushions,
Those covered with deer skins.

Their blessings he sought
And readily the same he got.
On their welfare, he was keen.
He enquired about them then.

Liberally the sages praised
And in every word they raised,
It was about his pristine glory,
That turned itself a nice story.

"No demons are seen near.
So, we live without fear.
You killed Demon Ravana
And his brother Kumbhakarna."

"How you killed Ravana's son,
Indrajit, who can never be won?
He did every conjuring trick,
And fought wars, hide and seek."

Rama was eager to find,
How Indrajit got this kind
Of a boon to trick others
And came out victorious?

Sage Agastya, the most senior
Then told Rama, the Savior,
How Ravana secured many boons?
How Gods gave boons to his sons?