Uttar Kaanda
210 - Kakabhusundi narrates the story of his previous lives and tells Garuda the glory of the Kali age
Chaupais
Description
In that Kaliyuga I was born in the city of Ayodhya and got the body of a Sμudra (a member of the labouring and artisan classes). A devotee of Lord Siva in thought, word and deed, I was a reviler of other gods and conceited too. Intoxicated with the pride of pelf, I was most loquacious and savage of purpose and carried an enormous load of hypocrisy in my heart. Even though I dwelt in the capital of Sri Rama (the lord of the Raghus), I failed to know even an iota of its glory then. Now I have come to know the greatness of Ayodhya. Thus has it been sung by the Vedas, Tantras and Puranas that whoever has resided in Ayodhya in any birth whatsoever surely becomes a votary of Sri Rama. A man comes to know the glory of Ayodhya only when Sri Rama, bow in hand, takes up His abode in his heart. That particular age of Kali was terrible indeed, O enemy of serpents; every man and woman was given over to sin.