Adhyathma Ramayanam - Esamskriti.com

And when that pot born sage went to take bath,
Vajra Damshtra the chief of Rakshasas,
Went in between taking the form of Agasthya,
And told Shuka with a smile.
“Since long time I have not taken food along with meat,
And I want to take very tasty food today?
I want the meat of goat today as side dish,
And you are one who sacrifices and a great Brahmin,
And as soon as he heard this, He told that ,
To his wife and she told ‘So be it”,
And he took the form of the wife of Shuka,
And made her swoon by his illusion,
And with love he served human meat,
And immediately Vajra Damshtra disappeared.
Seeing the human meat , Agasthya,
Became very angry and immediately cursed Shuka,
“Due to the power of my penance , you live ,
In this world as Rakshasa who eats human beings.”
Shuka when he heard this curse told,
“This is strange , why was this done?
No one else but you came and told,
That you wanted to eat meat,
Is it someone else ?Why did you get,
Angry and curse me, It is only my bad fate?”
Please tell me , what did you tell me?
You have to tell me about this good story.”
Hearing that Sukha addressing Agasthya ,
Told at that time the real truth,
“After going to take your bath,
You came back and again told me,
That you want that the side dishes ,
Should be made of meat and .
Hearing that I did as you wanted,”
And hearing these words of Shuka,
Agasthya thought for some time in his mind,
And realizing that truth only has been told,
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