| Chapter 24 : Union of Rama with His children Lav and Kush | ||
|| Invocation || Lord RAMA : What do you want from your Lord? Lav and Kush: Oh ! Lord, guide us so that we may strive, Strive for those who have no food, In order that they can earn food for life. Strive for those who are poor and naked, So that they can find clothes in which they can be clad. Strive for those who have no shelter, So that they can build a roof over their head. Oh ! merciful Lord, we pray to you for all this. Oh! Lord, guide us so that there is confluence of faith in you. Guide us to that we may strive, Strive to find, Renewed devotion to our duty as your own children Strive to uncover, Propagation of new ways of dignified enterprise, For all the needy people of our land. Oh ! merciful Lord, we pray to you for all this. || A Vision of Brahma (Creator) || Lord RAMA : How can one get a vision of Brahma ? Lav and Kush: Ears, Eyes and other body parts, Individually are lifeless deemed , When they are joined by Pranic (life giving and spiritual) force, Then the body is alive believed. Moon, sun, planets and stars, of elements lifeless they too appear , But through every nook of the cosmos joined by eternal Truth they are, This when you fully conceive A vision of Brahma the creator, you shall indeed perceive. || Omnipresent Form || Lord RAMA : Where does your Lord reside? Lav and Kush: He is in the trees, He is in microbes and in the skies He is in rivers, He is in milk and in the oceans. He is in prose, He is in poetry and in melody, He is in past, He is in present and in infinity He is in effort, He is in human labour and in Progress He is in Yoga, he is in co-operation and in enterprise He is in various forms, He is formless and is Omnipresent, He is in faith, He is in duty and in love every moment. He is visible, He is invisible and incarnate, He is in Shakti (Energy), He is in Bhakti (devotion ) and in Mukti (Salvation) Om Shantih (Peace), Shanti, Shanti. When Lav and Kush answer all the above spiritual questions forthright , thanks to the knowledge given by their mother SITA, Lord Rama is filled with admiration. With great admiration, Rama then asks them who their father and mother are and who their Guru (teacher) is , who have given such good education , not only in weaponry, but also in spiritual knowledge. Just then SITA enters dramatically with a convoy of forest animals viz. A tigress , peacock and others. |
