<P> Here begins one of the most famous chhands from the Manas, the Ram Janam Stuti . The stuti begins with the appearance of Ram . Mother Kaushalya's is filled with joy as she marvels over Ram's dark complexion and his four armed form . He is adorned with jewels and a garland of Sylvan flowers and is described as being an ocean of beauty . Kaushalya joins her palms and prays . "O Infinite, How can I praise You! The Vedas and Puranas reveal you to be the repository of all virtues . You are the Lord of Laksmi and the lover of all of Your devotees and have appeared for my good . Every pore of Your body contains multitudes of universes and the thought that You stayed in my womb is truly staggering ." Ram smiles and exhorts Kaushalya by telling her the charming account of her previous birth so that she can accept Him as her own child . Kaushalya asks Ram to give up His current superhuman form and to start to indulge in childish sports that are dear to a mother's heart . Ram, described as the Lord of immortals, immediately becomes an infant and begins to cry . </P> <P> Tulsidas concludes that whoever sings this Stuti attains the abode of Lord Vishnu and never falls into the well of mundane existence . The Stuti has therefore been immortalised and it is a popular prayer sung on the occasion of Ram's birthday . </P> <P> Ahalya, the wife of Rishi Gautam, was a beautiful woman . Indra, king of the gods, was tempted and decided to seduce her with trickery . Early morning Rishi Gautam when the dawn had arrived go down to the nearby Ganges for his usual morning bath . While the Rishi was bathing at the river, Indra assumed Gautam's form and visited Ahalya, fooling her into thinking he was her husband . When Gautam returned, he encountered Indra, emerging from his hut in his (Gautam's) form . Spiritually powerful, Gautam employed his divine vision to see the whole episode . Enraged, he cursed Indra with impotence . Losing his potency, Indra lost heaven to demons and sat prayerfully in a lotus flower for thousands of years in order to repent . Rishi Gautam, in a blind rage, also cursed his wife, Ahalya, to turn into a boulder . Innocent of any intentional wrongdoing, Ahalya begged for forgiveness . Gautam relented somewhat and said that when Ram is incarnated, he will bless her and break her curse . </P> <P> Ram, while going to Mithila for Sita Svayamvar along with Sage Vishwamitra and Laksman, stopped at the, then - uninhabited, hermitage of Rishi Gautam . Vishwamitra narrated Ahalya's story to Ram, and asked him to free her . Ram touched the boulder with his foot and Ahalya was immediately released from the curse . She fell to Ram's feet and washed his feet with her tears . She felt that her curse had become her fortune as she got the opportunity to seek Ram's refuge in person . She then returned to her husband's place . </P>

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