Uttar Kaanda
214 - Kakabhusundi approaches the sage Lomasa, who first pronounces a curse on him but later on showers his grace and bestows a boon on him
Dohas
Description
Even as I recalled the words of my erstwhile preceptor my mind conceived a fondness for Rama's feet and I went about singing the praises of Sri Rama (the Lord of the Raghus) with a love which gathered new strength every moment. On a peak of Mount Meru in the shade of a banyan tree sat the sage Lomasa. On seeing him I bowed at his feet and addressed him in the humblest strain. When the gracious sage heard my meek and gentle address, O king of the birds, he politely enquired : "For what purpose have you come, O Brahmana?" Thereupon I replied, "O fountain of mercy, you are omniscient and sagacious. Tell me, blessed one, how to worship the embodied supreme Spirit."