Naumi tithi madhu mas punita/Sukal pacchh Abhijit Hariprita// Madhyadivas ati seet na ghama/Paavan kaal lok bishraama// ...
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Sur smooh binti kari pahunche nij nij dhaam/ Jagnivas Prabhu pragte akhil lok bishraam// It was the sacred month of Chaitra (corresponding to March-April) and the date was the ninth of that month – the light half of the lunar month under the God-beloved nakshatra of ‘Abhijit’. The time was midday, neither too cold, nor sultry. That holy hour provided rest to the people.
Having offered their prayers, the multitude of gods went back to their respective abodes. God, the Shelter of the World, had appeared to give respite to all the people. – Ramcharitmanas, Balkand, 190(i) and 191 (doha) (According to Maharishi Balmiki, Ram was born under the ‘Kark’ lagna – Balmiki Ramayan, Balkand, Canto 18(ix).
The births and naming Indeed, if Lord Vishnu decided to be born of a human mother, He chose the prefect hour for His appearance in the mortal world. Mother Kaushalya was beyond her senses on seeing Lord Vishnu in His original form. Joining both her hands she said that when the sacred Vedas and Puranas described Him as devoid of any measure, beyond art, wisdom, attributes and knowledge, how could she find words to sing praises to Him.
Discerning people, she said, would laugh at her if they heard that the One whose every pore is filled with hordes of universes had come to live in her womb! The one cogent request she could make to the Deity was th.