How to get rid of Ravana in You???

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Dear All,

Jai Sreemannarayana!!!

 

With great love and complete surrender to

the Lotus feet of my acharya, this is an

attempt to translate some of the sargas in

Sundara Kanda Tattva Deepika authored by U.Ve Sriman

Sri Bhasyam Appalacharya Swamivaru is being made

as time permits. Currently I am in Sarga 22nd and

here is a brief translation.

 

Om Namaha Parama Rushibyaha namaha parama rushibhyaha.

Raghu Ramanuja Dasa

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Sundara Kanda Sarga 22

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In great pain, crying and shivering chaste Seethamma

while concentraing on Her husband Lord Rama responded

to Ravana's "utterings".

 

Seethamma kept a grass blade in between her and Ravana

and with great humility humble Seetha responded to

Ravana.

 

Q) What is the significance of keeping a grass blade in

between her and Ravana before talking to him?

 

1. Seethamma was "Pativrata". It is a practise not

to talk to other men without some sought of physical

block. So Seethamma made sure that the rule was not

broken.

 

2. Seethamma wanted to hint Ravana that even a

blade of grass has the right to talk to her but not

Ravana himself.

 

3. Seethamma wanted to tell Ravana that if he does

not listen to her he will be destroyed like the dry

grass blade.

 

4. When Lord Rama wanted to teach Kakasura a lesson

he used a grass blade as a weapon against Kakasura

which made him go around the three worlds and finally

had to fall on their feet. Seethamma wanted to hint

Ravana that if he does not listen to what she says

he will be in the same plight.

 

Seethamma is none other than the Mother of this Universe.

Not only this uiverse but the entire creation of the

God. In that case Ravana is also her son. If a son

utters stupid words due to ignorance to his Mother, due

to the "va:tsalyam" in a mom she will never get any

kind of anger. Even after Ravana uttered words which

he shouldn't have, Seethamma never got angry at him.

 

Seethamma smiles at Ravana and says "you are seeking

for things that you are not supposed to. You seem

to have lost all your intelligence. I feel sorry for

you. Just like a small kid tries to carry things

which he can't, just like a small kid tries to eat

things that he cannot, you are seeking for things which

are inappropriate".

 

The smile of Seethamma tells us how we should react

to Rakshasha like people who try to act like

Kabandhas and cheat others and create misuderstanding

among and also between people and their own Acharya.

 

Seethamma says to Ravana, "Divert your mind away from

me. Keep your mind on your own folks. When a person

who does lot of faults (pa:pam) cannot attain siddhi,

in the same way you will never attain me".

 

The above said words are like a great Mantropadesam to

us. We ( Atama ) are the property of the Parama:tma.

We think we are independent but we are not. When we

think we are independent we are equal to none other than

Ravana himself.

 

Everything in this world belongs to Pa:ramatma. Even the

external Prakruthi ( Nature ) belongs to Him.

The inner Jeeva ( Soul ) is his too. But since we are

filled with ignorance just like Ravana, we think

"This is mine. I did this. If it were not for my attempts

and hardwork things would have been different and everything

you see isall because of me and my efforts".

 

Seethamma can be equated to our Soul which is Bhagavan's

property. The reason why we get this Svatantra buddhi

( thoughts of independence) is because of our

Mannas. Our Mannas is like a tortoise. If someone tries

to kill a tortoise with a stick he or she cannot.

The secret is he should overturn the tortise and in one

blow the tortise sees it's end. Similarly we should

overturn "manaha" which will make it "namaha".

"Na" means Mine. and "Ha" means Not. So when one utters

"namaha" it means "not mine". If one constatly chants

this while thinking that "Everything belongs to the

Lord; I belong to God" then Manas will lose it's

Ravana like Nature.

 

 

........ To be continued ............

 

 

 

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