Legend of Birth
Once, Sita mata was going for a bath to the nearby river (tamsa), and while she was going for bath she requested muni Valmiki to look after her son Lava, and muni nodded his head in agreement while he was busy writing. After going some steps she noticed that muni was continuously engrossed in writing, so she took Lava with herself. After some time when muni looked for the child who was supposed to be somewhere around, he could not find Lava. Muni was not aware of the fact that Sita herself had taken Lava with her. Muni was worried what he would say when Sita returned and asked for her child. So he created a child boy from nearby Kush (a grass used for making mats and roofs of kutiya’s in ancient India) and gave life to it. When Sita returned, Muni was surprised to see that Lava was with her, so he asked Sita to take care of both children as her own children. Since Valmiki muni used Kusha to make the child, the child was given the name Kusha. Also Valmiki was born in the mind of Lord Brahma (god who creates universe) he was having powers to give life.
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