Second Day of Sundara KaaNDa Navaaham : Sargams 6-15 (440 SlOkams)

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Dear Sri Ramachandra BhakthAs:

During this day , the 44o slOkams were recited

from the 10 sargams :

 

6th Sargam : RaavaNa Gruha pravEsam /entry into

RaavaNA's mansion

7th Sargam: Pushpaka darsanam/sighting of the

Pushpaka VimAnam

8th sargam: Pushpaka VarNanam /the description of

Pushpaka VimAnam

9th Sargam: Pushpaka VaraNanam /Continuation of

the beauty of the Pushpaka vimAnam

10th Sargam: MandOdhari Darsanam/seeing MandOdhari,

the main wife of RaavaNA

11th sargam: Paana bhUmi vichaya:/search in the drinking

halls of RaavaNA for Seethai

12th Sargam: HanumadhvishAdha:/The sorrow of HanumAn

over not finding SeethA Piraatti

13th Sargam: HanumannirvEdha:/the agitation of HanumAn

over not finfing SeethA PirAtti

14th Sargam: AsOkavanAnvEshaNam/The search in

the AsOkaa Forest

15th Sargam: SeethA darsanam/Finding SeethA

 

The greatness of Sage VaalmIki as the greatest of

poets is experienced in his descriptions of the beauty

of the Pushpaka VimAnam .HanumAn's systematic search

inside the Pushpaka VimAnam , drinking halls and

his sorrow over the futility of that search are

beautifully described by the Aadhi kavi VaalmIki.

HanumAn's arrival at AshOka Vanam with heightened

hope is described in the fourteenth sargam. In the

fifteenth and concluding sargam for this day's PaarAyaNam ,

HanumAn succeeds in sighting SeethA PirAtti in

Her sad state of separation from Her dear Lord.

Sage VaalmIki has some exquisite slOkams full

of pathos to describe the fragile and weak

state of SeethA due to Her separation from Her

PrANa Naayakan :

 

upavAsa krusAm dheenAm nisvasanthIm puna: puna:

DADARSA SuklapakshAdhou ChandrarEkAmivAmalAm

 

(meaning): HanumAn then saw SeethA PirAtti, who

was thin due to the rejection of food .HanumAn

saw Her sighing repeatedly over Her misfortune

and She looked like the disc of the clear thin moon

at the prathamai thithi of Sukla Paksham.

 

HanumAn's logic powers helps him ascertain that

the lady whom he saw in AshOka Vanam is none

other than SeethA PirAtti:

 

thAmm sameekshya VisAlAkshIm RaajaputhrIm aninindhithAm

tarkayaamAsa SeethEthi kaaraNairupapaadhibhi:

 

(Meaning): Through the use of his deductive skills ,

HanumAn concluded that the princess whom he saw at

the AshOkaVanam with broad eyes was none other

than SeethA Piraatti.

 

The last slOkam of thie 15th Sargam concludes this way :

 

yEvam SeethAm tadhA dhrushtvA Hrushta:Pavanasambhava:

jagAma manasaa Raamam prasasamsa cha thamm Prabhum

 

(Meaning): At this time, HanumAn, the son of Vaayu,

was thrilled to think about the matchless chastity

of SeethA PirAtti and became joyous ; he thought of

Her Lord , Sri Raamachandran and began to eulogize Him.

 

Sri Raama Chandra ParabrahmaNE nama :

Daasan, Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan