Vedic Kathas
Raised in Valmiki's hermitage and taught the Ramayana and the use of arms, Rama's twin sons Luv and Kush captured the horse of his Ashwamedha…
In the Uttara Kanda, the final book of the Ramayana, comes the bittersweet meeting of Rama with the two sons he had never known.
After Sita was sent away from Ayodhya, she found shelter in Valmiki's ashram, and there she gave birth to Luv and Kush.
In Ayodhya, Rama resolved to perform the Ashwamedha, the great horse sacrifice by which a king proclaimed his sovereignty. A horse adorned with a golden plate was let loose to wander where it willed;
Luv and Kush saw the beautiful horse and read the proud words on its plate, which boasted of the might of Rama, lord of the world.
Rama sent his brothers one after another to take back the horse, and one after another Shatrughna, Lakshmana and Bharata were overcome by the two boys.
The tale of Luv and Kush is the Ramayana turning back upon itself, for the sons are taught their father's story by the very poet who first told it.
The story is the Ramayana turning back on itself, for the sons are taught their father's story by the poet who first told it.
Vedic Kathas
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