The bridge towards Lanka was being built over the straits, so that Rama and His army could march across to the region of the demon King, Ravana, where Sita was interned. The valiant monkeys were plucking mountains and leaping vast distances in space with those peaks hoisted on their shoulders, so that they could be thrown into the sea to create a passage for Rama. The monkeys had formed a queue all the way from the Himalayas down to the southern most point, where the bridge was fast coming up. When the causeway was completed, word went fast along the queue that no more hills are needed and each monkey placed on the ground, wherever it stood, the hill it had on its shoulder at the time.
One hill, however, did not sit quietly. It started bewailing its fate! "Why was I removed from where I was and why am I now refused? Alas! I was elated that I am destined to serve a Divine Purpose; I was overjoyed that the armies of Rama and Rama Himself will walk over me. Now, I am neither there, nor where I was!" It shed profuse tears.
News reached Rama and His compassion was great. He sent word that in His next Avathar, when He will come again upon His Mission in human form, He will certainly bless the sorrowing hill. This was the Govovardhana Peak which the Lord (as the boy Krishna) lifted on His finger and held aloft for a full seven days, in order to save the cowherds of Gokul from the deluge of rain that Indra dared to inflict on them!
(Quoted from the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
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