Synopsis :
As King Rama's sacred Ashwamedha Yagna horse roams, Lav and Kush, unaware of its significance, seize it, invoking war. The young warriors bravely clash with Rama's vast army, but their arrows miraculously induce a trance-like meditative state, not bloodshed, in the soldiers. Lakshmana, witnessing this is bewildered and realizes these are Rama's long-lost sons, born to Sita. Struggling with the bittersweet truth of Sita's unjust banishment, he devises a plan with Shatrughna: instead of war, he proposes a battle of wisdom (Brahma-Gyan) for Lord Rama to test Lav-Kush with. .
As news spreads, Ayodhya gathers. Everyone but Rama knows the truth.
When Rama finally confronts Lav-Kush as opponents , his heart swells with uncontainable affection, devoid of desire to fight. As Lav and Kush aim their bows, they glimpse Sita's divine image within Rama's heart, causing their weapons to fall. Rama, controlling his emotion, initiates the wisdom trial.
Through a profound "Divine Dialogue," Rama questions them on perceiving the Lord's Vision, the soul's passage, their desires from the Lord, and beholding Brahma's vision. Lav and Kush, nurtured by Sita's wisdom, answer flawlessly. Their final, awe-inspiring response on the Lord's omnipresence—in nature, time, effort, unity, and every form—leaves Rama speechless.
Waves of deep admiration rise in Rama’s heart. Truth stands on the threshold of revelation. In a gentle, affectionate voice, he softly asks— 'Children, tell me, whose sons are you? Who are those blessed souls, and who is your Guru from whom you have received the sacred initiation of wisdom?'
At this pivotal moment, Sita enters the battlefield, accompanied by a majestic convoy of bustling forest beings, reflecting her cosmic motherhood and divine Shakti. The people of Ayodhya exclaim, "Devi Maa!"
Rama stands at the cusp of revelation, union, and destiny. Does Rama finally recognize his children? Or does the divine course take yet another unexpected turn?
The final chapter is poised to reveal.
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When “Ashwamegh Yagnya” was to be done
Lord Rama thought and took recourse
To perform as per tradition
And despatch the "Yagnya" horse ||1||
One who stops the horse
Has a challenge sought
Naive Lav – Kush caught it
Battle will be fought? ||2||
Song 1 : Union of Rama and Lav – Kush
When Lav – Kush catch the horse
'Raghu' family came in plight
The brave they retreated
Though many came to fight ||1||
When “Hanuman” fought with twins
He saw Rama in their eyes
Happy he bore strikes
'Brahma Gnyana' was his prize ||2||
Soldiers ran helter-skelter
Lav-Kush bolts were very stormy
They got into "Samadhi"
The worthy Rama's army. ||3||
Laxmana looked intently
At the children's pleated hairs
In childhood Rama had
Hair that would compare.||4||
Laxmana and Shatrughan
Braves of Raghu fold
Recognized the twins
As Rama's children bold ||5||
The innocent pregnant Sita
Was left in forest haplessly
This pure 'Devi''s' given birth
To jewels of 'Raghu' family ||6||
How to tell this to the Lord
Make father and sons meet
Everybody thought it over
Idea struck them neat ||7||
In the end Rama was told
"Two small kids have thrown us back"
Lord asked them what they should do?
How to save horse from attack||8||
"Unbeatable are the twins
You alone can help us win
Debate with them on 'Shaastra'
Examine their knowledge within||9||
Challenged by you they will loose
And will fall at your feet contrite."
At the scene when Lord arrived
Saw the kids and was surprised ||10||
They were kids handsome and bright
Piercing doubtful eyes but smart
When they aimed arrows at Him
Bows fell, mother was in His heart ||11||
As the Lord observed the twins
Founts of love flowed from His soul
Events of past years he recalled
Tears rolled down out of control ||12||
When I cast away my Sita
She'd have suffered so much grief
My kids too would be this age
Like "Tapas" twins is my belief ||13||
Hearing news of children great
People of “Ayodhya” came
Soldiers of the Lord thoughtful
To hear the kids alert became ||14||
Lord with choking voice controlled
Not knowing grooming Sita's done
Supreme knowledge questions posed
Flawless answer gave each son||15||
*'Shaastra" here means science of mystical knowledge.
'Devi' means goddess
"Tapas" signifies the glow on one's visage that comes
with pursuit of knowledge and meditative practices.
THE DIVINE DIALOGUE of LORD RAMA and LAV-KUSH
Song 2: Lord’s Sympathy
Lord Rama:
Radiant children, enlighten everyone,
How can one perceive Lord’s Divine Vision?
Lav and Kush:
With your physical eye,
You see the world in a certain way
With the inner eye
You should perceive its deeper display ||1||
There are lakes, mountains and trees,
Millions of life-species,
The good Lord oversees all,
With an eye of Love and sympathy.||2||
Song 3: Passage of the Soul
Lord RAMA :
Oh! Illustrious children, tell us all,
What is passage of the soul?
Lav and Kush:
I have travelled through over eight million species,
And seen the mystical Universe.
In many a strange bodily forms
I have been born in my traverse.
Sometimes as bird, sometimes as elephant,
Sometimes visible or even invisible,
in many a varied species.
But I became self-realised
Only after the Dharma (duty)
Of that life I fully personified.
Underwater, on the ground ,
in the boundless azure skies,
I listened carefully for
the primordial sound OM,
On listening to the Anhad (beyond sensory limits)
Divine vibrations
I offered myself unconditionally
To the love of God
In my passage of the soul!
Song 4: Invocation
Lord Rama :
What do you want from your Lord?
Lav and Kush:
Oh ! Lord, guide us so that we may strive,
Strive for those who have no food,
In order that they can earn food for life.
Strive for those who are poor and naked,
So that they can find clothes in which they can be clad.
Strive for those who have no shelter,
So that they can build a roof over their head.
Oh ! Merciful Lord, we pray to you for all this.
Oh! Lord, guide us so that there is
confluence of faith in you.
Guide us so that we may strive,
Strive to find,
Renewed devotion to our duty as your own children
Strive to uncover,
Propagation of new ways
of dignified enterprise,
For all the needy people of our land.
Oh! Merciful Lord, we pray to you for all this.
Song 5: A Vision of Brahma (Creator)
Lord Rama :
How can one get a vision of Brahma?
Lav and Kush:
Ears, Eyes and
other body parts,
Individually are
lifeless deemed ,
When they are joined
by Pranic (life-giving and spiritual) force,
Then the body is
alive believed.
Moon, sun, planets and stars,
of elements lifeless they too appear ,
But through every nook of the cosmos
joined by eternal Truth they are,
This when you fully conceive
A vision of Brahma the creator,
you shall indeed perceive.
Song 6: Omnipresent Form
Lord Rama :
Where does your Lord reside?
Lav and Kush:
He is in the trees, He is in microbes and in the skies
He is in rivers, He is in milk and in the oceans.
He is in prose, He is in poetry and in melody,
He is in past, He is in present and in infinity
He is in effort, He is in human labour and in Progress
He is in Yoga, He is in co-operation and in enterprise
He is in various forms, He is formless, and is
Omnipresent,
He is in faith, He is in duty and in love every moment.
He is visible, He is invisible and incarnate,
He is in Shakti (Energy), He is in Bhakti
(devotion ) and in Mukti (Salvation)
Om Shanti (Peace), Shanti(Peace), Shanti(Peace).
Song 7 : Praying for forgiveness
They had got “Sanskar”** from mother
Reached top of spirituality
So when they answered smartly
Father is speechless in reality ||1||
Lord felt like hugging the children
And kiss their sparkling forehead
Hesitating He quoth at last
With choking voice this Lord of world||2||
Who are your mother and father?
Who is your Guru ?
They have not only taught you weaponry
But have given “Brahma Gnyan” too ||3||
I myself would like to meet them
And pray for forgiveness .
Hearing this the braves were happy
Seeing their idea becoming a success ||4||
Just then they heard a tigress roar
Fearsome trembled all the brave
A glowing lady floated down
"Devi Maa" was murmur wave ||5||
*Devi Maa means 'Mother Goddess'
**Sanskar means Good values
End of Chapter 24
Om Shanti! Om Shanti! Om Shanti!