{"id":73498,"date":"2025-11-03T01:37:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T20:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=73498"},"modified":"2025-11-02T09:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T04:24:06","slug":"ramas-sons-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/ramas-sons-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rama&#8217;s Sons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/luv_kush.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-73500 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/luv_kush-291x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/luv_kush-291x300.jpeg 291w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/luv_kush.jpeg 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Narada had only told him a summary of the story, and Valmiki felt the need to know all the details. So, he sat down in the yoga position and immersed himself in deep meditation. And as if by a miracle, he saw the whole story unfold in front of him, true and vivid as if he were witnessing it in person. He began to write it, to compose the Ramayana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">By the time Rama returned to the throne of Ayodhya, Valmiki had completed the writing of the poem, consisting of 24,000 shlokas. After finishing it, he thought about how to communicate it to the whole world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">One day, the two princes Kusha and Lava who lived in the forest came to visit him. They were none other than Rama\u2019s two sons born during Sita&#8217;s exile. Valmiki then taught them the Ramayana, asking them to go sing it in the cities of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0The two boys were happy to satisfy the great sage&#8217;s desire. The fame of the two youngsters and the story they sang quickly spread everywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kusha and Lava Narrate the Ramayana to Their Father<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">On their wanderings, one day Kusha and Lava arrived in Ayodhya and began chanting the Ramayana in the streets of the fabulous city. As soon as King Rama learned that the two singers had arrived in his capital, he wanted to see them ignoring that they were his own children. He summoned them to the arena where he was conducting a great sacrifice and, when the two young men entered, he admired their grace and nobility of bearing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">\u201cYour fame and the story you tell,\u201d Rama told them, \u201chave come to my knowledge. Everyone talks about it with great enthusiasm. I have been told that the composer is the venerable Valmiki Muni, one of the greatest and most honored erudites that exist. You can understand my curiosity. Please recite it here in front of me; sing the story of which I, myself, was the protagonist.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">And so, Kusha and Lava began to sing the great poem, the Ramayana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #0000ff;\">This is a section of the book \u201cThe Ramayana\u201d, in English.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">To buy the complete book,<\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kadachaeditions.com\/art\/ramayana-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">click here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Narada had only told him a summary of the story, and Valmiki felt the need to know all the details. 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