Raghu Veera Gadhyam: Yuddha KhAndham--Part 8

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SadhAnandadevE sahasrAra padhmE

galacchandra peeyusha dhArAmruthAnthE I

sthitham Ramamurthim nishEvE nishEvE

anya dhaivam na sevE na sevE na sevE II

---Sri Rama KarNaamrutham 2. 88

 

GS 57 : akruthachara vanachara raNakaraNa vailakshya

kooNithaksha bahuvidha rakshO balAdhyaksha vaksha:

kavAta pAtana patima sAtopa kopAvalEpa ! Jaya! jaya !

 

(Meaning ) : Hail to Thee, O RaghuveerA with the right mixture of

anger and valour , who with majesty had the power to split into

two the broad , door-like chests of the multitudes of ogres that

closed their eyes out of a sense of shame over the thought of

fighting the "lowly "monkeys for the first time in their careers as

warriors ! Hail to Thee !

 

(Background ) : After Rama was released from Naaga Paasam ,

a mighty war broke out between the jubilant monkey chieftains

and the army of ogres defending the capitol city of RavaNA . The

ferocious ogres used to mighty battles had never experienced

anything like battling the forest dwelling monkeys . The ogres had

to take their engagement with the monkeys very seriously . The ogres

were uncomfortable over their unfamiliar role of fighting the monkeys,

which fought with uprooted trees and splinters of mountains .

The ogres were ashamed about their inadequacies to fight in this new type

of war with the strange enemies. The ogres closed their eyes as if in

contempt . Rama was angry at their unsoldierly conduct . Rama got

furious over the insult of the ogres and his strength increased.

The ogres turned to him for fight. The mighty Rama used his powerful

arrows to break open the door-like , broad chests of the ogres and

dispatched them to the world of Yama devan .

 

AyodhyAnAtha ! Rajendra! SitAkantha! JagathpathE !

Sri Rama PundareekAksha ! Ramachandra ! NamOsthu thE

--- Sri Rama KarNamrutham 4.19

 

Sri VaishNava Daasan ,

 

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan