Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.91

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.91

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c4.91

16) *Agastya teaching Śrī Rāma the Āditya-hṛdaya Mantra (A hymn in praise of the Sun)*. When Śrī Rāma was fighting with Rāvaṇa in Laṅkā, dejection befell him, his heart weighed down with faintness, for a little while. Rāvaṇa made the best use of this opportunity and began to advance. The gods had gathered in the sky above to witness the fight. Agastya, at that particular moment, taught Śrī Rāma the Āditya-hṛdaya Mantra, a hymn in praise of the Sun-god and when Śrī Rāma chanted that mantra, he resumed fight with Vigour and Rāvaṇa was defeated and slain. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa, Sarga 107).

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Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit