Ram's First Glimps Of Sita

The clinking of her bangles, the tinkling of little bells, tied around the anklets and the waist, alerted Ram, as if Cupid himself was sounding his horns, to conquer the whole world. As He turned around to see, where the sound was coming from, He found Himself directly gazing into the beautiful limped eyes of Sita. So awe struck was He, that he kept on staring, His eyelids got stuck for a while. Actually, Nemi the God for the eyelids, was abashed, so he left his domain for a bit, giving Ram and Sita their privacy, so that they could have eye contact, with no barriers. Ram's ecstasy new no bounds. "The creator must have made her by his own hands, and was showing off his work of beauty, to the world", Ram said. Ram was dumbfounded by her charm and beauty, a beauty that was a beacon to all beauty. It was difficult for Ram to liken the beauty of the daughter of the king of Vedeha. It seamed that all illustrations of beauty done by poets in the past, could not do justice to hers at this time.

Thus, Ram totally enthralled by Sita, started reflecting his state, to his brother. Innocently He told him how Sita was none other than the daughter of the king of Janakpur, the bow-sacrifice was being held for her to find a suitor, and that she was going to the temple of Gauri. Further, he added, that her radiance had touched His naturally pure heart, that had quickened it's heartbeat and his right limbs were throbbing, which was a sign of upcoming good fortune." God only knows what He is doing, for men in the Raghukul (dynasty) never set their hearts on wayward courses". The Lord went on to explain to His brother, how He was very confident of His mind, which had never even dreamed of another man's wife." Their were very few men in this world who run away from battle, he said, cast a glance at another woman, or ever give alms to a beggar" He explained.

Even when Ram was confiding in His brother, His gaze was soaking in Sita's beauty, just like a bee was sucking in, the nectar of a lotus flower.

This segment of the 'Bal Khand' in the Ram Charitra Manas is quite profound. The Lord is showing feelings of His heart and revealing to us, the inherent inner beauty that we all have. Their is a lot to be said of love, and that is why, we shall keep talking about it a lot longer. Meanwhile, be in a state of Ram Rajya! JAI HO !