KULASEKHARA

He wrote a moving poem on Vishnu in Sanskrit called "Mukundamala" or Garland for Mukunda. In that poem he says,

"God is the Garuda for the serpents called calamities! The Name of God is the mantra for destroying enemies. God is the medicine for curing the disease called family life."

One day Kulasekhara was listening to a Ramayana recital. In the course of it there came the passage where Valmiki says:

"Fourteen thousand rakshasas were ranged against Rama and how would Rama fight them alone?"

On hearing this verse, Kulasekhara became so panicky about Rama's safety that he ordered his entire army with himself at its head to proceed to defend Rama.

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