An Ashram in Dandaka Forest

 

 

The spirits of Dandaka Aranya call

To watch Shri Rama's foes fall

 

An Ashram is by the river bank

Where many a spotted Muni deer in love sank

But beyond a solemn contemplates

Secrets of life and death revelates

 

The spirits of Dandaka Aranya call

To watch Shri Rama's foes fall

 

Many a havan must have seen these woods

Many a Rakshas spoiling manly goods

Many a battle between divine kings

Many a story these spirits sing

 

The spirits of Dandaka Aranya call

To watch Shri Rama's foes fall

 

Dances of Apsaras shall not distract

The serious spiritual seeker here

Many a Rishika hath trodden this tract

No sense of humanly demise - fear

 

The spirits of Dandaka Aranya call

To watch Shri Rama's foes fall

 

A night by the moonlight kills

Any sense of manly thrills

For secrets are told beside

And not in golden Varanasi aside

 

The spirits of Dandaka Aranya call

To watch Shri Rama's foes fall

 

The taste of formed mangoes whose

Forebears Devi Sita did choose

A dip in the pristine water where

The older Guru's feet were bare

 

The spirits of Dandaka Aranya call

To watch Shri Rama's foes fall

 

The woodland spirits sing too

That the divine was born a man

To free us of our manly dues

And out inner flame to fan

 

The spirits of Dandaka Aranya call

To watch Shri Rama's foes fall

 

A bow that sounds like Indra's thunder

But does not harm the birds asunder

Crafted arms and ebony hair

Darken Rama stands in front and fair