Apoorva Ramayanam

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sri:

srimathe ramanujaya nama:

srimath vara vara munaye nama:

sri srinivasa maha gurave nama:

 

Poojya Swamin.

I recently came across a book titled "Apoorva

Ramayanam" by Sri Prathivadi Bhayankaram

Annangarachariyar of Kanchi written in1959. The book

seeks to savour Sri Ramayanam through the analysis of

the 16 questions put forth by Sri Valmiki to Sri

Narada.

I shall try to transalate the same for the enjoyment

of all of us, within my limitations. Correctness of

the transalation shall be due to the grace of Sriman

Narayana and lapses due to my ignorance.

 

Apporva Ramayanam

 

Preface

 

Sri Ramayanam starts at the point when Sri Narada

Muni, at the behest of Brahma, visits the ashram of

Sri Valmiki and Valmiki after offering service to

Narada asks Narada to inform him about any person in

the world who is bestowed with 16 kalyana gunas-"kothu

asmin sAmprathan loke gunavAn kachcha vEruavAn?". Sri

Narada, pleased discourses about Sri Rama and his

story in short. Later with Brahma's blessings, Sri

Valmiki writes Sri Ramayana as applicable to this

world.

 

We cannot say that Valmiki learned about Sri Rama only

through Narada's upadesa. He was living at the time of

Sri Rama and was indeed aware of Sri Rama's kalyana

gunas. Narada's upadesa was only a pretext and

initiative for the bringing down of Sri Ramayana to

this world.

 

There is a saying that Sriman Narayana came down to

this world -"manisarkka padathana pattu"- only to let

his kalyana gunas glow in this world-"irul tharuma

gyalathil inthalathil thamarai poothathu pol"- and the

killing of Ravana etc were only an incidental result.

The same has been revealed by Sri Parasara Bhattar in

his sri sookthi- "guna parEvAhAthmanAm janmanAm".

 

So we can safely assume that Valmiki was always

savouring the kalyana gunas of Sri Rama throughout.

Each of his questions on gunas are put forth for the

enjoyment of the bhakthas.

 

The guna anubhavam of the first question "kho

gunavAn?", I shall post in a day or two.

 

Adiyen Sri Vaishnava Dasan,

Selva narana ramanujan.

 

 

 

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