Aranya Kaanda
121 - Sri Rama's lament; His meeting with Jatayu
Chaupais
Description
The Lord of Raghus is most tender-hearted and compassionate to the humble and shows His mercy even where there is no occasion for it. On a vulture, who is a most unclean and carnivorous bird, He conferred a state which is solicited even by Yogis. Listen, Uma: those people are unfortunate indeed, who abandon Sri Hari and become attached to the object of sense. The two brothers proceeded further in quest of Sita and marked the thickening of the forest even as they went. The thicket was full of creepers and trees and inhabited by many birds and deer, elephants and lions, Sri Rama overthrew the demon Kabandha even as the latter met Him on the way; he told Him the whole story about the curse pronounced on him: "The sage Durvasa had imprecated me; the sin has now been wiped out by the sight of the Lord's feet." "Listen, O Gandharva, to what I tell you: I cannot tolerate an enemy of the Brahmanas."