

So he approached Nindra, the Goddess of Sleep and asked her to look over him for the next 14 years. Laxman wanted to protect Ram and Sita from all the dangers, defeating sleep. Urmila, Laxman’s wife, was ready to accompany him when he was leaving for the exile, but Laxman forced her to stay home. His wish to be an older brother was fulfilled when he was born as Balram. Laxman had complained all his life that being born as the younger brother he has to obey all the commands of Ram. Laxman was later born as Balram, Lord Krishna’s elder brother. Lord Rama, as most of us know, is the incarnation of Vishnu, but what about his brothers Laxman, Bharat and Shatrughan? Bharat and Shatrughan are the Sudarshan-Chakra of Lord Rama, and Vishnu is his Shesh-Naag, Vishnu’s seat in Vaikunth.
