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In the youth, Dasharatha used to venture out on hunting expeditions, where he loved using the powerful method of sonic archery (sabda vedi) as often as possible. He was in fact lookinf for one such opportunity when he heard a sound, much like the rumblingof a tiger or like an elephant drinking water from a river. He shot an arrow in that direction. Little did he realize that the sound was that of a pot being dunked into the river; an eager-to-serve son was filling water for his thirsty parents. The arrow had hit right its mark, which was followed by the agonizing scream of the boy, Shravan Kumar. <ref name=":2"> Shubha Vilas ''[http://www.jaicobooks.com/j/j_searchtry.asp?selcat=author_name&keyword=Shubha%20Vilas (Ramayana, The Game of Life)]'' Book 1 : Roar with courage page 21-25</ref>
In the youth, Dasharatha used to venture out on hunting expeditions, where he loved using the powerful method of sonic archery (sabda vedi) as often as possible. He was in fact lookinf for one such opportunity when he heard a sound, much like the rumblingof a tiger or like an elephant drinking water from a river. He shot an arrow in that direction. Little did he realize that the sound was that of a pot being dunked into the river; an eager-to-serve son was filling water for his thirsty parents. The arrow had hit right its mark, which was followed by the agonizing scream of the boy, Shravan Kumar. <ref name=":2"> Shubha Vilas ''[http://www.jaicobooks.com/j/j_searchtry.asp?selcat=author_name&keyword=Shubha%20Vilas (Ramayana, The Game of Life)]'' Book 1 : Roar with courage page 21-25</ref>
=== Honest King ===
=== Curse of blind parents ===
Shravan Kumar, in his last moments, told the king to fetch water for his parents as they were thirsty and inform them of what had happened. Dasharatha maharaja did not escape from there, but he faced the helpless and pained parents with responsibility. This was his greatest quality. Many scriptures proclaim that God consciousness resides in honesty. Of course, if the other party does not have competence to appreciate and handle honesty, then the accused is exploited and disgraced.
Shravan Kumar, in his last moments, told the king to fetch water for his parents as they were thirsty and inform them of what had happened. Dasharatha maharaja did not escape from there, but he faced the helpless and pained parents with responsibility. This was his greatest quality. Dasharatha's pain was probably more excruciating than the pain the arrow caused the boy. The pain of guilt is the toughest to deal with. Many scriptures proclaim that God consciousness resides in honesty. Of course, if the other party does not have competence to appreciate and handle honesty, then the accused is exploited and disgraced.
Dasharatha first tried to feed them water however parents were wondering why their son was so late. Dasharatha told them about their son's death. They said that because of the mere fact that the king did not run away, he was alive, if he had not come to them, his head would have been burst into hundreds of pieces. Although the parents were from some mixed caste, they were tapasvis. Dasharatha took them to their dead son. Due to intense pain they could not contain their life. Before dying they cursed Dasharatha to go through the same experience, of dying due to separation from his son.
Intense pain and intense happiness, both create problem if not balanced. If there exists certain vega (urge) then controlling them artificially will create issue. The urge has to be addressed. The father could not hold back his pain, it took the form of a curse. The curse and benediction comes from principle of karma. Here the curse speeded up the karma of the king which otherwise had to be experienced anyway later.
=== The curse ===
=== The curse ===