Ramayan Part 49 - The Bridge Across The Sea Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

Ramayan Part 49 - The Bridge Across The Sea



A secret spy, Suka, Ravan sent,
Who met Sugreeva in his tent,
And spoke to him to join,
The mighty king Ravan.

“Ravan’s days are over,
Tell him to surrender or,
Face his death sooner,
In the field of war.”

With this warning Sugreeva
Sent the spy back to Lanka.
How could he join adharma,
Against the interests of dharma?

Sugreeva, Vibhishana and Lakshman,
Discussed how to cross the ocean?
The best way was to start
Praying Sea-God, they thought.

For three days Ram prayed,
The king of sea never turned.
At last, the sharp arrow of Ram
To the seashore, it brought him.

He justified his inaction,
As nature in its jurisdiction,
Couldn’t overrule its law
And create any flaw.

He was willing to support,
Stones or wood to float,
O’er the surface of the sea,
For their causeway free.

The big army of Vanaras stood,
Dumped pieces of stone and wood,
The long causeway was built
Within the fixed time limit.

In a long row, they began to cross,
This way the entire army went across,
And reached the Lanka’s shores,
As scheduled, with no time loss.

Even at this juncture Malyavan,
The grandfather of Ravan,
Dissuaded him from war path,
This only increased his wrath.

Men and monkeys meant nothing,
To Ravan, the atrocious king,
His fighting force was ready
With weapons to face the enemy.

Ram was sorry for the people,
For the sake of a person single,
The entire citizens of Lanka city,
Were forced to face a big calamity.

He arranged the army in such way,
There was no confusion in any way,
Thus on both sides they were ready,
To take up the challenge mighty.

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Rajaram Ramachandran

Rajaram Ramachandran

Chennai born, now at Juhu, Mumbai, India
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