RamaayaN
by Valmiki 30
MadanMohan
Tarun
‘O mother
earth! Give me some place’
Kush and
lava presented Ramaayan for many days in their melodious voice.
Ram finally
came to know from the story of RamaayaN that these two boys are none other than
sons of Sita.
He disused
his heart with his brothers and told them ‘if Sita comes back here and declares
her chastity in the presence of all, I will accept her back.’
He sent his
messenger to Valmiki with the same proposal.
Valmiki
assured his messenger that Sita will do the same in the presence of all.
Messenger conveyed
word –by- word to Ram what Valmiki had said...
Ram
requested all his invitees to be present when Sita takes oath and declares her
purity.
The next day
was fixed for the same.
Night passed
and the morning arrived.
Ram came to
his ygyashaalaa and called all invitees there to assemble.
Great rishis
like Vashistha, Vaamdeo, Javaali, Vishwamitra, Deerghatama, Durvasa, Pulastya,
Bhargava, Chyavan, Bharadwas, Narad ,Gautam,Agastya and many other assembled
there. Apart from them great monkeys, members from Rakshasas all attended the
gathering with great curiosity.
After a
while Sita came there following Valmiki.
Her head was
down and her eyes were shedding tears continuously.
Her presence
turned all sitting or standing there into the images of stone, their eyes fixed
on the stage where Sita was standing. Their eyelids forgot movement.
Valmiki came forward and announced –
‘Sita is
spotless. No sin can dare to touch her.’
Sita went at the core of the stage, looked at
the earth, folded her palms and prayed –
‘O mother earth!
Give me place in your laps, if I am pure.’
These words
of Sita created an unbelievable scene there. The earth cracked with thunderous sound.
Sita moved step- by -step and entered into the crack as someone enters into her
house comfortably. As she went inside the crack, the earth became as normal as
it was ever before. It appeared as if nothing has happened there. Now there was
no Sita seen anywhere! She remained only as a part of memory of those who had
seen her present before a few minutes earlier there. They could not believe that such an
unbelievable thing has taken place there. They could not convince themselves
that Sita ever came to this place and entered into the earth!
Ram was standing
alone among the people, shocked…
It was only
dead silence which prevailed everywhere …nothing else…
(Inspired by Valmiki)
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