URMILA
Lakshmana
married Urmila, the daughter of King Janaka and the sister of Sita. When Lakshmana
went to the forest with Sri Rama and Sita, Urmila remained in Ayodhya.
Urmila
gladly accepted and slept for 14 years without once waking up. She sacrificed
14 years of her life for the love she bore for her husband and to help him
carry on with his duty towards his brother and her sister Sita. That proved to
be a boon too. Urmila was the younger sister of the goddess Sita.
After the forest life, Sri Rama and Lakshmana
returned with Sita. Lakshmana wondered if his wife could sleep instead of him.
After hearing this, Nidra enquired Urmila regarding this, and the latter
happily accepted the task. Oormila is notable for this unparalleled sacrifice,
which is called Urmila Nidra.
When
Sri Rama was ruling over the country, two sons were born to Lakshmana by Urmila.
The elder son was named Takshaka and the second was given the name Chatraketu.
At the instruction of Sri Rama, Lakshmana went to the Eastern sea and killed
the foresters there and built there a city called Agati.
Takshaka
was made the King of Agati. Lakshmana then went to the western sea and killed
the Barbarians there and built a city called Candramati and made Chatraketu the
King of that city.
Being
punished by Sri Rama, Lakshmana drowned himself in the river Sarayu. After that Urmila jumped into a pile of fire and reached the world of Visnu.
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Lakshmana, the younger brother of Rama, indeed had two sons with his wife Urmila. However, their names are commonly known as Angada and Chandraketu, not Takshaka and Chatraketu.
ReplyDeleteTakshaka is actually a figure in Hindu mythology, but he is known as a Naga, or serpent king, rather than a human character related to Lakshmana.
Angada and Chandraketu were the sons of Satrughna.
DeleteThere are two characters with the same name Takshaka.
One is The serpent King Takshaka who was rescued by Indra when Janamejaya performed the Sarpa Yaaga.
The other one is the son of Lakshmana & Urmila.
(For further details, please refer UttaraKanda of Ramayana.)