Hanuman entered the palace of Kiskindha, and rushed towards Sugreev was lying down completely drunk. All he did these days was revel in luxuries while the administration of Kiskindha was looked after by his ministers.

"Maharaj Sugreev, varsha band aur akash saaf ho chuke hai. Sharad-hritu aane ka sanket hai yeh. Aapko Shri Ram se kiya vachan yaad toh hai na ?" Hanuman asked.

"Haina.... Unka upkaar kaise bhul sakta hu..." Sugreev said, his tone like that of slurring.

"Toh apne vachan ka palan kare. Aur Devi Sita ki khoj prarambh kare." Hanuman said.

"Awashya... Awashya.... Hanuman, Bharatvarsh mei humari vanar sena jaha jaha bhi hai..... Unhe sandesh bhejo ki 2 saptah mei Kiskindha laute." Sugreev said.

"Jaisa aap kahe." Hanuman said and took his leave to follow the orders. While Sugreev went back to revel in his luxuries.

On the other side, Vaishnavi welcomed Shri Ram in her ashram but when she was about to touch his feet, he backed away.

"Yeh aap kya keh rahi hai devi ?" He asked.

"Ek bhaktan apne Bhagwaan ke charan sparsh kar rahi hai." She said.

"Aap toh mujhe koi Mahateja Tapasvini pratit hoti hai. Kripya apna parichaye de, kaun hai aap ? Jiska tej Rishi Agatsya aur Rishi Bharadwaj samaan hai." Shri Ram said.

"Yu toh mai aapke charano ki daasi hu, kintu isse atirikt mai Shripuram ke Raja, Maharaj Ratnakar Sagar aur Maharani Samriddhi devi ki putri, Vaishnavi hu." She said.

"Rajkumari ? Iss ghane van mei ?" He enquired.

"Aapke liye Shri Ram. Aapko paane hetu maine varsho tap kiya hai. Aur lagta hai ki aaj woh purn ho chuka hai. Mujhe swikaar kare prabhu." She said.

"Kshama kare devi, kintu iss jeevan mei meri kuch seemaye hai. Jinka ulanghan mai nahi kar sakta. Maine ek patni-vrat dharan kiya hai, iss jeevan mei mai keval Janak-nandini Sita ka pati rahunga. Kisi anya stree se vivah ke baare mei mai soch bhi nahi sakta." Shri Ram said.

"Kintu prabhu, mai aapke bina kaise reh payungi ?" Vaishnavi asked.

"Aap Trideviyo ka ansh hai devi, aapka janm dharm aur shrishti ke sanchaar hetu huya hai. Himalaye ke sameep Jammu Katra ke paas Trikoot parvat hai, waha jaa Dharm ki jyot jalayiye aur bhakto ki rakshak bane. Aap Vaishnodevi ke naam se prasidh ho, amar ho jayengi." Shri Ram said.

"Arthat humara milan asambhav hai ?" She asked sadly.

"Nahi devi. Aapki tapasya vifal nahi hogi. Kaliyug ke annt mei mai aapki iccha awashya purn karunga. Tab tak aap meri pratiksha karengi na ?" He asked.

"Ha prabhu. Yadi milan sambhav hai toh mai Yugo tak punyatmao ki raksha kar, aapki pratiksha karungi." Vaishnavi said.

"Aap dhanya hai devi. Ek baar mere jeevan ka udeshya purn ho jaaye, fir mai apne saathi Hanuman ko aapki sewa mei nyukt karunga." Shri Ram smiled.

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Aur Trikoota parvat par tapasya kar, Vaishnavi bani humari priya Vaishnodevi Mata 🙏