Ram Navami

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Sri Rama Jayam.

 

Today is Ram Navami. On this auspicious day, let us

worship the Lord whose name is the greatest source of

peace. It is by uttering RAMA that rocks could be made

to float on water, thus building a bridge. By saying

RAMA, Hanumanji jumped off a cliff with no fear of

falling. Pib re Rama Rasam. (Drink the nectar of

Rama's name) so sings Sadashiva Brahmendra.

It is said that there were three great feasts that

Lord Vishnu had in his avataras. Two of them were in

Sri Rama Avataara and one in the Sri Krishna Avataara.

Let us contemplate on one of those great feasts.

 

Sri Rama had vanquished the Rakshasas of Lanka and was

returning triumphantly with Sri Lakshmana and Devi

Sita in the Pushpaka vimana. Hanumanji prefered to fly

by Himself instead and took off separately. Instead of

flying straight to Ayodhya, Sri Rama took the Puspak

Viman to the hermitage of the sage Bharadwaja. The

sage was overjoyed by this visit and he arranged a

lunch for all of them. The sage had a magic cow

through which any number of guest could be fed.

However, once the guests start eating, the cow would

stop giving.

Soon the armies of Sri Rama joined Him, and a huge

assembly sat for lunch at the sage Bharadwaja's

hermitage. However, for some reason Sri Hanuman did

not arrive and in the crowd, no one thought of Him as

missing. The guests sat down for lunch and the call

was given to begin.

Just then Hanumanji dropped down from the sky. What to

do now? There was no more food left and the guests

have begun to eat. Here was the great Rama Bhaktha

Himself with no where to eat. The sage was in a

dilemma.

Sri Ramachandra solved the problem in a simple way. He

divided His leaf plate into two parts and divided the

food on His leaf plate into two parts. He called Sri

Hanuman to His plate and asked Him to share the food

with Him. Thus Bhaktha and Bhagavan had a meal from

the same plate. This was one of the three best feasts

the Lord had.

 

Sri Rama Jaya Rama .

 

 

 

 

 

 

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