Entrances to Palace

 Jai Sri Ram,

The beauty of the city surpassed description, every inch of it was soul captivating, there was a lovely bazaar and gorgeous balconies made of jewels, fashioned as it were by the creator with his own hands, wealthy and good merchants, who vied with Kubera, the god of wealth, sat with all their various goods,

beautiful crossings of roads and charming streets were constantly sprinkled with center waters. houses were all abodes of bliss ad contained beautiful wall paintings portrayed, as it were, by Rati's Lord cupid himself, people of the city with smart and good-looking, The palace of the king was marvelous,

 Entrances to Palace were secure and beautiful beyond words, with spacious stables and stalls for elephants, crowded, the king had a number of brave ministers and generals, lakes and rivers at the outskirts glorifying the beauty, grooves were agreeable in every manner, 

The Sage said to Rama, I like this orchid stay here, Rama said very well, my Lord, when the king got the news, he took with him his faithful ministers and number of warriors, noble brahmans, his family preceptor Sadanand thus went forth rejoicing to meet the prince of sages,

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the haunt of innumerable birds

 Jai Sri Ram,

Sri Rama and Laxmana accompanied the sage and reached the bank of Ganga, the stream which purifies the whole universe, the son of Gadi, Visvamitra related the whole legend of how the celestial stream has come down upon the earth, 

 The lord then performed his ablutions with all the sages, and the Brahmanas received gifts of various kinds, accompanied by a troop of hermits the lord gladly proceeded further and quickly drew near to the capital of Vedehas, Mithila when Sri Rama beheld the beauty of the city, he, as well as his younger brother, were delighted,

There were many big and small wells, rivers, and tanks with water as sweaty as nectar and reached by flights of steps made jewels, bees, drunk with honey, made a sweet humming sound, and birds of various hues softly cooed, lotuses of different colors opened their petals with a cool, soft and fragrant breeze ever delighted the soul,

The city was adorned on all sides with flower gardens, orchards, and groves, the haunt of innumerable birds, full of blossoms, fruits, and charming leaves,

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Sri Basant Panchami

deceit and wily wrangling

 Jai Sri Ram,

Gautama's consort, having assumed the form of a stone under a curse seeks with patience the dust of the lotus feet, show mercy to her, O hero of Raghu's race, at a touch of his holy feet, which drive away sorrow, emerged Ahilya, a true embodiment of austerity, Beholding the lord of Raghus, the delight of his servants, she stood before him with joined palms, her heart is overwhelmed with love, the hair on her body stood on their end and she was unable to utter a word, the most blessed Ahilya cleaved to his feet and tears streamed from both eyes, recovering herself she recognized the lord and by the grace of Sri Rama attained devotion to his feet,

In the guileless speech, she began to praise the Lord, glory to the Lord of Raghus who is accessible through spiritual knowledge, I am an impure woman, while the lord is able to sanctify the whole world and is the delight of his servants, O lotus-eyed enemy of the Ravana, pray to save me, my consort Gautama did well in pronouncing a curse on me and I have deemed it the greatest favor, I have feasted my eyes on Sri hair that yourself, who liberates from the bondage of worldly existence, Lord Sankara deems your sight as the only blessing worth the same, 

Lord, I am very innocent of heart, I have only one request to make, I seek no other boon from you, my master, I only crave for my mind may ever continue to enjoy the love for your lotus feet, dust even as the sucks the honey from lotus, the merciful lord Sri Hari placed on my head the same lotus feet from which issued the holiest Ganga, the heavenly river, which is born by Shiva on his head and which is adorned by Brahma, having thus praised Sri Hari and falling again and again at his lotus feet Gautama's Ahilya took leave of the Lord and securing a boon, which she held most dear to her heart, she went to her husband's abode full of joy,

The Lord Sri Hari is such a great friend of the humble and compassionate beyond one's deserts, adore him, O foolish Tulsidasa, giving up all deceit and wily wrangling,

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eight hundred miles beyond the seashore

 Jai Sri Ram,

At daybreak Lord Rama said to the sage, you may now go and perform your sacrifice without any fear of molestation, all the sages then started offering oblations into the sacred fire, while Sri Rama himself guarded the sacrifice, one hearing of it the furious demons Marica, a great enemy of hermits, rushed with his army,

Sri Rama struck him with a headless shaft and he fell at a distance of eight hundred miles beyond the seashore, the lord next despatched Subahu with an arrow of fire, while his younger brother, Lakshmana, exterminated the demon's host, having killed demons in this way the lord rid the Brahmans of their fear, the whole company of gods and sages offered praises to him, 

The Lord of Raghus stayed there for a few more days and showed his grace to the Brahmanas, Even though the Lord knew everything, the Brahmanas out of their devotion repeated to him many legends from the Pyrananas, the sage then politely said to him in a pleading tone, my lord, let us go and wishes a performance, 

Having a bow sacrifice, the lord of Raghus gladly accompanied the noble sage, on the way they saw a hermitage without birds, beasts, or any other living creature, observing a slab of stone lying there the lord inquired of the sage about it, and the sage replied to Lord in detail the whole story behind it,

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Tadaka

 Jai Sri Ram,

The Lord had reddish eyes, a broad chest, and long arms, his body was dark as the blue lotus or the Tamala tree, with a beautiful quiver fastened at his back with a yellow piece of cloth wrapped around his waist, he held in his two hands a lovely bow, and arrow respectively,

In the two pretty boys, one of whom is dark and the other fair, Visvamitra secrets a great treasure, I have now realized said to himself that the lord is a votary of the Brahmans, on my account he has left his own father, while on the way the sage pointed out demoness TADAKA, who is hearing their voice rushed up in a furry,

With a single shaft the lord took her life and recognizing her as deserving compassion bestowed his own state on her, then the seer Visvamitra while recognizing his lord as the fountain of mercy, IMPARTED TO HIM A SCARED FORMULA WHICH ARMED HIM AGAINST HUNGER AND THIRST and ENDOWED HIM WITH UNEQUALLED STRENGTH OF BODY AND  A GLOW OF VIGOR,

Making over to him every kind of weapon the sage took the lord to his own hermitage and devotedly gave him bulbs, roots, and fruits to eat, perceiving in him his greatest Lord,

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My lovely boys

 Jai Sri Ram,

Entrust them to me, O king, with a cheerful heart, let no infatuation or ignorance stand in your way, you will earn religious merit and fair renown there, and your sons will be highly blessed, hearing this most unwelcome demand the king's heart quivered and the brightness of his countenance faded, 

He said I have been blessed with four sons in my old age, you have, therefore, made your demand without due consideration, holy sir, ask of me land, cattle, goods, and treasure, and I will gladly give all I have without delay, nothing is dearer to than one's body and life, but in no case can I afford to spare Rama, my Lord, 

My lovely boys, who are yet too young, are no match for the most hideous and relentless demons, the enlightened hermit Vishvamitra felt delighted at heart to hear the king's reply, steeped as it was in the nectar of love, the Vashista Pleaded with the king in manifold ways and all his doubts were gone, most politely he sent for the two boys and pressed them to his blossom admonished them in many ways,

Turning to the sage he then said, my lord, the two boys are my very life, you are their only father now, holy sir, there is no one to look after them, invoking various blessings on the boys the king committed them to the care of the sage, then they called at the mother's apartment and bowing their head at the feet departed, the tow heroes, lions among men, oceans of compassion, resolute of purpose and the ultimate cause of the whole universe, gladly proceeded to rid the sage of his fear,

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