AYODHYA
The Earthly August Seat of Dharma

Pure and eternal. Every attempt at seduction bit the dust. Example : Surpanaka as sundari ravishing with the promise of power and position to him failed; so ran home sans ears and nose. Sati's attempt attesting ended in her woe. As brother, he was benevolent, yet scrupulous. Has not Bharata spurning the sovergnity of Bharata khand adored his padukas accepting to be his deputy? As for matrubhakthi, Kausalya's verdict bore no blot; it was a spotless, white, blameless manga carta. As man, he was upright, stood for WORD. Once uttered never was it distorted restricted, constricted or reformed.

See him from any angle, turn the microscope lens upside down, weigh it in any balance, neither appears there any blot, or dot on the crystal clear immaculate white sheet that his life was. So, each sees in his sublime countenance, an adorable attitude befitting the nature. of person, and the angle chosen, "for Dasaratha, he is the ideal son protecting Dhama; for Kausalya, noble son, like the graceful cool beamed moon; for Valmiki, the only character worthy of composition; for Viswamitra, he is the Vedas personified; for Vasistha, the ideal house-holder; for people, a kind ruler non-pareil; for Sita a Dharmavigrah, with rigid adherence to monogamy. Hence Maheswar's obeisance, the Vidhatha's unbounded adulation. He was Dharmavatha; unparalleled, Nyaya devatha in prestime form. Such apara Dharmadevatha was born in Ayodhya, the capital of Kosala country. So, the entire land was consecrated; people, divined; and time, glorified.

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