Lk41. Rama And Lakshmana Talks Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

LAVA KUSA (UTTARAKANDA)

This kind of conversation
Between them went on
Touching various stories
Of different ruling kings.

Sukracharya cursed King Yayati
Who was disloyal to his wife Devayani,
That he would lose his manhood
To suffer when he became old

The King Yayati borrowed
From his son Puru's youthood,
In exchange for his old age.
And returned it, tired at one stage.

Besides these two stories,
The complaint story
Of a dog which was hit
By a Brahmin came to light.

Rama made the Brahmin
A "Kulapati, " a Chieftain
To suffer the evils in it,
As a seat of punishment.
.
Rama killed Madhu Demon
When the Sages went on
Complaining on his atrocities,
And brought them all peace.

Satrughna, brother of Rama,
Killed the Demon Lavana,
And was crowned a king
As an award for his winning.

Like this events came to pass
Each one with its own cause,
When Rama ruled the Kingdom
With all his care and wisdom

At the bottom of his heart,
For Sita's absence, he felt,
But duty bound, he had to do,
As a King, what he had to do.

"Ram Rajya, " became a name,
Rose up to the height of fame,
That surpassed all the time,
To set a standard for one's aim.