Baal Kaanda
51 - The breaking of the Bow
Chaupais
Description
The Lord tossed on ground the two broken pieces of the bow, and everyone rejoiced at the sight. Visvamitra stood as the holy ocean, full of the sweet and unfathomable water of love. Beholding Sri Rama's beauty, which represented the full moon, the sage felt an increasing thrill of joy, which may be compared to a rising tide in the ocean. Kettledrums sounded with great noise in the heavens; celestial damsels sang and danced. Brahma and the other gods, Siddhas and great sages praised the Lord and gave Him blessings raining down wreaths and flowers of various colours; the Kinnaras (a class of demigods) sang melodious strains. The shouts of victory re-echoed throughout the universe; the crash that followed the breaking of the bow was drowned in it. Everywhere men and women in their joy kept saying that Rama had broken the massive bow of Sambhu.