Lk38. Sage Valmiki Invites Sita To His Ashram Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

LAVA KUSA (UTTARAKANDA)

The young ascetics' children,
Saw poor Sita sobbing alone.
They ran and carried the news
To Valmiki, the great ascetic.

"A lady, never seen before by us, "
They told, "Very near our place,
We saw her crying with tears.
She looks more like a Goddess."

Valmiki went to Sita rapidly,
As he knew it previously,
Through his inner vision,
Such things would happen.

He met and told her,
"I know you're pure,
And sinless you're
Be composed here."

"You're now under my charge
You live in the hermitage
Meant for female ascetics
Engaged in their penances."

"Now with my inner eyes
Acquired through penances
What happens in three worlds
I can perceive the same as it is."

"Treat it as your own home
Accept this and be calm.
Don't be despondent here.
To help you all are here."

Hearing these soft words
Sita followed his foot steps
And joined the spouses
Of the Ashram ascetics.

Valmiki introduced her
And told, "Sita is here,
She's the wife of Rama
And daughter of Dasaratha.

"Under my charge she is.
She's pure and faultless,
Forsaken by her husband
And she'll live in this land."