Jai Sri Ram,
Shiva was glad at heart to hear these questions of Uma, naturally pleasing and guileless as they were, all the exploits of Rama flashed in his mind, and the hair on his body bristled with rapture and his eyes filled with tears, the figure of Sri Rama was reflected on the mirror of his heart, this brought immense joy to Shiva, who is an embodiment of supreme bliss,
For an hour or so Shiva was lost in the ecstasy of meditation, he then recovered himself and thereafter began joyfully to tell the story of Rama, Due to a lack of knowledge about Rama, even the unreal passes for real, just as ignorance about ope leads to mistake it for the snake, even so, the moment we know him the world of matter vanishes, just as the delusion of a dream disappears as soon as wake up,
Him do I reverence in the form of a child, the repetition of whose name brings all kinds of success within our easy reach, may that home of bliss and bane or woe take compassion on me, he who sports in the courtyard of king Dasaratha, after thus paying homage to Rama, the slayer of the demon Tripura joyfully spoke in mellifluous accents as follows, you are indeed blessed and worthy of applause,
O daughter of the mountain king, there is no such benefactor as you, you asked me to repeat the history of lord Rama, who is potent enough to sanctify all the spheres even as the Ganga purifies the whole world, you are full of love for the feet of Rama, you have put questions to me only with an eye to the good of the world,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
