Feb 19, 2008

Sita is getting ready for her swayamvar. On the other hand Vishwamitra tells Ram that he trusts him blindly but assures him to use the three astra shastra for the betterment of humanity & the world. A doot(messenger) from Mithila comes to invite VIshwamitra for Shivdhanush yagya & Sita's swayamvar. When Sita comes to know that two other unusual, undefeatble young men are coming alongwith him, Gurumata Gargi informs that they even defeated Taadka & other demons. On their way, Ram Laxman & Vishwamitra reach an ashram which seems to be desserted & cursed. Vishwamitra tells them that rishi Gautam had cursed his wife Ahillya & Indra dev, as in his absence, Indra dev went to wife Ahillya in disguise being Gautam rishi. Gautam rishi saw this & cursed Ahillya that she would become a stone called "Sheila Khand". Vishwamitra tells Ram that Ahillya is still waiting in the same ashram as a stone to get free from curse & a Devta like Ram could only give her salvation. He touched the "SheilaKhand" with his foot & Ahillya became free from curse & turned into a beautiful lady. They then move forward with their journey towards Mithila. Mithila people welcome them.

Category:

• Drama

Tags:

• Ramayan
• Ram
• sita
• lakshman
• swayamvar
• vishwamitra
• astra
• shastra
• doot
• mithila
• shivdhanush vagya
• shiv dhanush
• yagya
• gurumata gargi
• laxman
• ashram
• rishi gautam
• ahilya
• indra dev
• Sheila Khand
• devta
• SheilaKhand

[007hardyboy]

what the hell! there was no fault of Ahilyah!! other than the fact that she was a woman, isn't it?

why was she dancing around her hubby begging for forgiveness? she didn't even know it was Indra!

[Tasnim188]

im not trying to be rude but everything in the ramyan is it true.

[MastaEss]

LOL the Irony at 24:58 "Everyone is restless to look at them once" followed by 5 of the most unenthusiastic, apathetic-looking men you have ever seen in your life

[MastaEss]

Not sure about that 'OM' design on Vishwamitra's shawl... Bit flashy eh?! Totally unauthentic

[katyaneeDoom]

@Tasnim188 yup it is...its a vedic scripture to teach people about God...he has many incarnations this is one of Ram and another one is Krishna

[bsastry2000]

@Tasnim188

I got a little diff perspective than KiranS1920 ; The circumstantial evidence of Ramayan being at least part history is strong. NASA pictures of Ram Setu, a place called Sri Lanka, Rameshwaram, Chitrakoot, etc. Ayodhya, Mathura, Magadha, Mithila, all imply some history. But there will be some artistic license so many things will get exaggerated or neglected hence I'd say while there is a mythological element, there's some historical backing too.

[eemannan]

what is name of bhajan at 05:05? thanks.

[KiranS1290]

@Tasnim188 this is MYTHOLOGY, it teaches lessons like good vs evil. its funny that some people are saying that this actually happened- demons? really? lol

[yasiru89]

Love the 'Imma throw some magic dust on you!' routine each time Gautam wants to curse someone.

[yasiru89]

Funny thing about the curse on Indra- apparently the explicit curse was "your body will be covered by that which you desired so much". So yeah, vajayjay-ed x 1000.

But at Brahma's behest this was apparently alleviated to be a thousand eyes... which actually seems not a curse at all... Unless folks in heaven really liked to poke at people's eyes.

[yasiru89]

And from then on, sages and their wives decided on Indra-proof codewords whenever they wanted to get some shagging underway.

[asiapa2]

where is this ahilya place now in india