Poem on Srirama Navami 2009 by Srinivas Kanchibhotla

Poem on Srirama Navami 2009 by Srinivas Kanchibhotla

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April 3. 2009

Poem on Srirama Navami by Srinivas Kanchibhotla

Following the banishment to the woods, Rama, along with Lakshmana and Sita, and a few of his followers from Ayodhya reach the banks of Ganga, and wait to be transported to ther other shore, to continue on their southward journey. Guha, the chieftain of the tribe of the nearby Sarayu forest, comes to hear of Rama's arrival to his place and offers his services to paddle the boat. Up until this time in Ramayana, ethics, morals, values and other principles had always been impressed upon Rama by an elderly person, be it Viswamitra, Vasista, Dasaradha etc, and it wasn't until Aranya Kanda did Rama really start putting to use all that he had learned from the above. And no where is it indicated who actually taught him how to treat his wife and brother, both of whom went above and beyond their calling, in accompanying Rama to the forest, sacrificing their own comforts in the process. The following is a fictionalized account of how Rama received this instructional appeal, through Guha, in regard to conducting himself as a good husband and a better brother.

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Srinivas Kanchibhotla
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