The gods praised Rama for this act and congratulated him for protecting their interests and for not allowing shudra to attain heaven in person. After confirming that Shambuka is indeed a shudra, Rama killed him. So Rama went in search of the shudra and found the place where Shambuka was performing penance. Narada informed him that a shudra was performing tapas, which was prohibited in the age of Treta. The sage Narada told him that this has happened due to a violation of a rule of tapas (austerities). Rama immediately called a meeting with all his ministers and enquired about the cause of this. Story Īccording to this story, when Rama was ruling Ayodhya, a Brahmin approached the court and told everyone that his young son has died due to the misrule of Rama. This story was created at a later period. According to the story, Shambuka, a shudra ascetic, was killed by Rama for attempting to perform tapas in violation of dharma, resulting in the bad karma which caused the death of a Brahmin's son. Shambuka ( Sanskrit: शम्बूक, IAST: śambūka) is an interpolated character, which is not found in the original Valmiki Ramayana but in the later addition called " Uttara Kanda". Valmiki Ramayan I Gita Press Gorakhpur by MahaMuni महामुनि का संग्रह"
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