Baal Kaanda
15 - Dialogue between the sages - Yajnavalkya and Bharadvaja and the greatness of Prayaga
Chaupais
Description
Tell me in detail, my master, the story whereby my overwhelming perplexity may be overcome. Yajnavalkya smilingly said, The glory of the Lord of Raghus is already known to you. You are a devotee of Rma in thought, word and deed; I have come to know your ingenuity. You wish to hear an account of the hidden virtues of Rma; that is why you have questioned me as if you were quite ignorant. Listen, then, with devout attention, my child, while I narrate the beautiful story of Rma. Appalling ignorance is the gigantic demon Mahi¦sura (so-called because he was endowed with the form of a buffalo); while the narrative of Rma is the dread Klik* (who made short work of the demon). The story of Rma is like the moonbeams that are drunk in by Cakora bird in the form of saints. A similar doubt was expressed by no less a personage than Bhavns (Goddess Parvati), and the great God Siva then expounded the matter in detail . (1-4)