Panchakanya series : Ahalya redeemed, Updated Pg 3 - Page 2

Originally posted by: jayvenk

thank u so much for shedding light on Mandodari

and the way she has been portrayed in SKR.

Kanya / Virgin is a misunderstood term.

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Originally posted by: deejagi

Hey sorry to interrupt but we have been taught "Ahalya, Draupadi, Sita, Tara, Mandodari thatha, pancha kapnya smare nithyam, mahapapa vinashanam" which means it was Sita is one among the pancha kanyas but here you have mentioned Kunti as one among them? How come it is so?

Originally posted by: ananyacool

That means Ahalya is the foster mother of bali n sugreev , whoa!

where and when does Rama come into picture if Ahalya was declared as innocent by her son ?

Originally posted by: vivikags

Thank you so much , you made my day 😊 it will help in my research, please write about Tara also

Chirakarin begins to speak to his father , he says both father and mother are important in a child's life . The father was the highest heaven for a child . If father is happy then all deities are happy.

A tree might abandon its leaves and fruits, flowers but a father will never abandon his child similarly for a child , its mother is panacea for all sorrows, she holds a child in her womb so she is Dhatri, she nourishes her child so she is virasu and she is Amba because she raises a child from young to old.. how could I kill my mother ,who is so dear to me?

My mother is not a sinner , she gave her sacred self to a man who had come in your form . Have you forgotten , a man is called as Bhartri because he supports his wife, he is her pati , who protects his wife , he is the one who takes care of physical and spiritual needs of his wife, deeply tilted towards austerities, you have neglected my mother thus you cease to be her husband! These words from Chirakarin were like darts piercing his heart , Gautama admits to his folly and blesses his son for shattering his ego.

Days months and years pass by but Ahalya was still in a state of shock and had completely withdrawn from social life. Once a beautiful woman full of life , now had been reduced to a nonentity, her ashram which echoed with chirping of birds, now a dead silence had prevailed.

Rishi Vishwamitra (Kaushika) had known all this and one day he got with him two boys who were on the verge of entering manhood , whose minds were incapable of committing any sin , to the ashram of Ahalya and he narrated the sad tale of Ahalya, she waits for redemption , Rama and only you can do it. Its ordained, you're the chosen one son . Listening to his Guru , Ram entered the ashram of Ahalya, his face was bright yet calm and serene like morning sun. It gave a new hope to Ahalya , Ram's presence had washed away all her miseries, she looked at him awestruck. Ram proceeded further and touched her feet with reverence and said , mother come with me..why son, no I am a sinner , no mother , you're not , you cannot be . You have the forbearance of the earth itself , your austerities have made you purer than ever, you are now free of malice , he said and she felt unusually blissful.. She had seen the outer world after a very long time , she felt empowered and it was a new beginning for her .

PS : In Rigveda, Indra as an epithet is linked with Kaushika gotra to which Vishwamitra belonged , so it might not be a co incidence when Vishwamitra brought Ram and Lakshman with him and got Ahalya redeemed through Ram , that also meant Indra also was redeemed.