Aranya Kaanda
123 - A description of the spring; Narada's meeting with Sri Rama
Chaupais
Description
Listen, O Lord of Raghus, generous by nature as You are: You confer delightful boons that are unattainable as well as those that are attainable. Grant me, my master, only one boon that I ask of You, even though You already know it (even without my asking), indwelling as You do the hearts of all." " You know my disposition, dear sage: do I ever hide anything from my devotees ? What object do I hold so dear, O chief of sages, that you may not ask it of Me ? There is nothing which I may withhold from my votary: never give up this belief even by mistake." Then Narada gladly said, "This is the boon I presume to ask: even though my lord has many names, each greater than the rest, as the Vedas declare, let the name RaMA, my lord, surpass all other names in exterminating the whole brood of sins even as a fowler kills an entire flock of birds.