The Authentic Valmiki Ramayana
The Authentic Valmiki Ramayana
Ramayan Podcast
Balakanda Sarga 62, "Ambareesha Yagnaha" (Book 1 Canto 62)
12 minutes Posted Oct 11, 2022 at 3:20 pm.
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On reaching Pushkara, while Ambareesha is taking rest, Shunahshepa approaches Vishvamitra, who was practising austerities there, and inquires of him a means of escaping death without meeting with the kings's opposition, whereupon Vishvamitra teaches him a prayer each for propitiating Indra and Lord Vishnu respectively, by reciting which the boy secures release from Ambareesh's bondage and the latter gets the reward of the sacrifice without sacrificing him.
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