Lord Rama Appeared On This Planet At Least 2 Million Years Ago In Ayodhya

[Gavin Swinden]

(That means at least two million years before Lord Rāmacandra appeared on this planet. So, now Lord Rāmacandra appeared in Ayodhyā)

 

"Just like Lord Rāmacandra appeared on this planet, say millions of years before. He appeared in the Treta-yuga. Treta-yuga . . . we have passed only five thousand years of this age, Kali-yuga. Before that, there was Dvāpara-yuga. Dvāpara-yuga means 800,000's of years.

 

And before that, there was Tretā-yuga, which continued for twelve thousands . . . twelve hundred thousands of years. That means at least two million years before Lord Rāmacandra appeared on this planet. So, now Lord Rāmacandra appeared in Ayodhyā. There is a place in Ayodhyā, in northern India. There He appeared.

 

As Kṛṣṇa appeared in . . . that is also northern India. And Mathurā is about ninety miles down southward from New Delhi. You have heard the name of New Delhi, the capital of India. So Ayodhyā is also situated about five hundred miles northeast of New Delhi. So Lord Rāmacandra appeared on this day. Today is called Śrī Rāma Navami."

 

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, March 27, 1969, Hawaii)