Epi #3
The episode begins with Vishwamitra leading Ram n Laxman to the lands occupied by Taraka .
Soon they are confronted by the Rakshasi .. Vishwamitra orders Ram to kill her n he kills her with one divine arrrow of his . Vishwamitra praises him n thanks him.. none other than Ram could have killed Taraka . He decides to gift Ram few special weapons of his..he has been waiting for ages to look for a suitable successor to hand his divine weapons ... .. one who would use this divine most powerful weapon for the sake of humanity .. for the safeguarding the weak n women and not for showing off powers proudly or attacking in unprovoked manner on innocent beings .
Vishwamitra teaches him the source of divine atomic weapons n remote controlled weapons and self propelled weapons .. he teaches Ram working of various weapons n their uses .. hands them over to Ram with blessings ,. following this Vishwamitra takes Ram n Laxman to his ashram where they have a meal of fruits ..
The Rishi munies are now assured their yagya and poojas will,now be able to go on with out any disturbance from devils .
Next day when yagya , Havana and Pooja begins the devils Subahu n Mareech attack and Ram n Laxman destroy them easily .
after the yagya are completed Vishwamitra is very pleased with Ram n Laxman .. Both brothers remain very humble .
soon Messenger from Mithila Naresh arrives with invitation to Vishwamitra to the swayambar of Mithilesh Kumari Seeta . Vishwamitra tells them about the conditions of the swyambar ...the most powerful prince who could lift up Shivji ka Dhanush n fix the wire would win beautiful Seeta’s hand in marriage ...
Ram Laxman nVishwamitra start off for Janak puri to partake in the event
On the way to Mithila they come to the banks of Holy Ganges and Vishwamitra preaches Ram n Laxman about the Holy river . ..how it was brought done to this earth from heavens by his ancestors to release all the bhatakti aatmas in the universe n earth . How Dilip Putra Bhagirath succeeded in getting Ganges to this earth after hard penance .... following this Lord shiva had to be persuaded to receive the forceful flow of Ganges in his Locks of hair to save this earth from getting shattered . Thus Holy Ganges fell on earth got tangled in Lord Shiva’s locks and finally released from Lord Vishnu’s feet ...
Ganges then flowed from Himalayas thru Bharat .. then reached the ocean and in the ocean bed it reached pataaal Lok .
It is received with great happiness by the Pataal Lok niwasi
Holiest River’s benefits n greatness explained by Brahmarishi .
Following this Ram n Laxman reach the place where Ahilya was turned into stone .. Vishwamitra narrates then story of Ahilya n her curse .
Ram then releases from her curse after He places his foot on the stone ..she goes off to join her husband in heavens .
Ram n Laxman are then taken to Mithila where Janak n his wife welcome Vishwamitra n The princes .Janak’s Raj Guru is very thankful to Ram for releasing his mother Ahilya from the curse .
King Janak n queen are impressed with the two princes Ram n Laxman
Next day Rishi asks Ram to collect some flowers for Pooja ., right then Sita reaches there for Gauri Pooja .
Ram n Sita meet eachother in the pushp Vartika and fall in love at first sight .