Apoorva Ramayanam-IV

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Apoorva Ramayanam – IV

“kO gunavAn?” – Sowsheelya guna - continued

 

Here one doubt arises. Sastras say “hEnaprEshyam

hEnasakkyam hEnakEna niveshanam” – that is serving

nEchas, being friends with them, going to their houses

etc are sins and should not be done. If so, can

Perumal do such things? The answer is that it is

applicable to us who do not have poorthi in any gunas

– i.e. we are governed by trigunas- while Perumal has

sudhdha sattva and all kalyana gunas and no amala, and

when he mixed with people below him, his greatness

grows and shines. Pandava thUthan, Partha sarathy etc

names highlight his greatness and gunas.

 

Sabari’s naivEthyam

Sri Desikar has written “nishAthAnAm nEthA

kapikulapathi: kApi sabarE” while citing example of

gunas of Perumal in Dhaya Satakam. Hence we shall take

up Sabari’s naivEthyam also. In Sri Vachana BhUshanam

vyAkyAnam of Sri ManavAla mAmunigal, while discussing

“sabarya pUjithas samyak RamO dasarathAthmaja:”, Sri

Mamunigal says “than nAvukku inithai iruntha” fruits

were kept by sabari for Sri Rama. Hence even though

Valmiki does not spend much time on Sabari in Srimad

Ramayanam, his words “samyak” means Sri Rama’s

partaking Sabari’s “than nAvukku inithai iruntha”

fruits.

Here one question arises. When with Guhan, Sri Rama

refuses to take anything from Guha saying that

“yaththvitham bhavathA kinjit prEthya samupakalpitham,

sarvam thathanujAnAmi na hi varthE prathigrahey”- that

he has vowed not to take anything from anybody;

however if Guha wants to give something, he can give

food to the horses which are hungry and thirsty.

 

Here Sri Rama used the words “nahi varthE

prathigrahey”. Guha offered only honey etc and not

food or dress materials. Hence saying He has vowed not

to take anything from anybody, is it necessary? We

should also note that with Sabari, Sri Rama stated

“archchidOham thvaya bhakthyA” and took the fruits

which were tasty to Sabari’s toungue. Sri ManaVala

Mamunigal explains that Sabari had the exquisite

qualities of “guru sushrUshai” which Guha did not

have. The beautiful sloka of Sri Desikar in Sankalpa

SuryOdhayam “bhagavath bharadvajE bhukthis thathaa

sabarEgruhey” – Perumal had food at Sabari’s

thirumaligai also as he had in Sri Bharadvajar’s

ashram!!.”

Sowsheelya gunanubhavam to be continued.

Adiyen Sri Vaishnava Dasan – Selva narana ramanujan

 

 

 

 

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