Rama comes to know of Dasaratha’s Demise
Hearing what Rama told Bharatha said “ Lord ! I did not get the Noblest Dharam of serving you. The counseling you did of truthful Dharma Implementation for the root cause of Ruling the Country also I did not get., so the Blessings you conferred on me Raja Neethi ( of Teaching me the Rules of Ehtical Governance), I have no benefits to be attained from it. Our Forefathers had practiced the Raja Neethi by ensuring the Eldest son only is made the King and the younger son should not be made King. Hence come with me to Ayodhya which has all the Blessings and see and Bless the Coronation ceremony thereby for the ikshwaku Dynasty and to us confer us all the Auspiciousness . It is habitually ignorant people who say the King also is a person like us. But the conduct which is not enmical to any of the Purusharthas and that too achieving tasks which a Human cannot do ; if we see this then we are compelled to say such a man is God only.
King who had all the Virtues in him, and who had Focussed and done all Yaagas (Sacrifices for Gods) and who was praised by all the Pious and Noble , The Great King while I was in Kayikeya reached heavenly abode.At that time you have come to the Forest. Having been away from you, you need not imagine he would Live for many days. The moment you, Lakshmana and Sita left the Anguishing Sorrow , grief engulfed him and he left this world. Purushothama(greatest among Men) ! You should not give room for grief. Please get up,do the Tharpana(Libations of water) and other Posthumus Rites & rituals which we have to do for our father perform them. Me and Sahtrugna have so far performed these. But if you say ‘When you have done, is it not enough?’ ; the Cooked Rice ball and water given by a dear son will give immense un erasable pleasures in the PitruLoka (World where our Forefathers Live after their demise), so the Elderly say. More than others King had immense Love for you is well known. He was Lamneting all the while thinking of you;He was desirous of seeing you only. He could not turn his intellect focused on you, Not seeing you, the pangs of sorrow of separation from you , unable to bear the agony, thinking of you only King Died “ informed Bharatha. (Slokas9).
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