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।।बालकाण्ड ।।१५.४-११।।
Byashish
“The gods, #gandharvas, siddhas and great #sages assembled there to receive their traditional share of the offerings, addressed #Brahma the #Creator of the Worlds: ‘ #Lord, a #rakshasa 👹 named #Ravana, is oppressing us. We are unable to punish him. Earlier, pleased with him you granted him a #boon ✋🏼and honouring it we endure…
“The Kings come to Dashrath’s yagya”
Byashish
Then Vasishta called Sumantra and said, “…the King of Mithila, the illustrious Janak we have old relations with him, bring him with full honours yourself, I’m telling you this beforehand. The King of Kasi, the old King of Kekeya, is the the father-in-law of our lion amongst Kings, bring him yourself with his son. The…
।।बालकाण्ड।।१४.३४।।
Byashish
“Then with a desire (to perform) her duty (धर्म) and a stable (under control) mind (conscience?), Kausalya spent a night near that horse.” I decided to go all Lautrec/Degas with this one ☺️ I was apprehensive about showing the horse dead initially. But then I said what the hell! I don’t care! Oops! Realised…
।।बालकाण्ड।।१४.३०-३२।।
Byashish
Tied there were animals intended for (their respective) Gods, snakes and birds, as advised in the shastras. The horses and the aquatic animals brought for the शामित्र कर्म were tied by the Rishis as directed by the Shastras. Three hundred animals were tied to those यूप, the jewel amongst King Dashrath’s horses was also (tied)…
।।बालकाण्ड।।१४.३२।।
Byashish
“At that time 300 #animals were tied to the yupas there. The best jewel #horse of King Dashrath was also (tied) there.” (Isn’t it amazing that we know almost nothing about horses today when less than 50 years ago they were so much a part of our everyday life!)