Sri Swamiji's pravachan

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Jai Srimannarayana!

 

Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Srimannarayana Ramanuja China Jiyar Swami

Thiruvadigale Saranam!

 

 

This is an attempt to capture a tiny portion of His Divine discourse on

Srimad Ramayanam in 1994 on the occassion of first Virat Vishnu Sahasra

Nama Parayanam on the banks of Krishna river, in Vijayawada.

 

 

Shri Swamiji said

 

"God has taken many incarnations to give us a good path to follow,

to give us a divine life and more often to protect us from our own

misdeeds, as Matsya, Koorma etc.

 

He wanted us to know that the life of a Human is most noble and valuable

 

among all the four forms of life in this world.(The four forms are Deva,

 

Manushya, Thiryak, Sthavara; Deva includes all gods, demi gods, demons,

yaksha, rakshasa etc. Manushya is us. Thiryak is all living creatures

which move horizontally like animals, birds etc. Sthavara is those

things

that can not move like stones etc.) Yet, all the Humans are

wasting their lives entangled in the arishadvarga (The six qualities

which

often bring out evilness in us rather than divinity namely - Kama,

Krodha,

Lobha, Moha, Mada, Matsarya) leading to enhanced karma bandhas and

births

in inferior forms, life after life.

 

He could not see and tolerate the agonies and diffculties we are

undergoing

repeatedly. One of His namams is "Avyaja Karuna Samudraha" meaning he is

a

personification of Karuna which flows freely like an ocean without any

particular reason/cause/invocation. He told explicitly in previous

incarnations

as Varaha and Narasimha that "I will take care of any person who thinks

of me

and takes him to my abode".

 

Varaha Charama Sloka Says:

 

"Sthithe: manasi suswasthe: sari:re: sathi yo: naraha

dha:thu sa:mye sthithe smartha: viswa ru:pam cha ma:m ajam

thathastham mriyama:nam tham ka:shta pa:sha:na sannibham

Aham Smara:mi Madbhaktham: Naya:mi Parama:m Gathim"

 

(He whoever remembers and thinks of me in his lifespan and he who

believes firmly/fondly in his mind about me, at the time his death

I will remember him, and will grant him Parama Gathi which is Mukthi)

 

Narasimha Charama Sloka says :

 

"Satyam Bravi:mi manuja:h swayam U:rdhva Ba:huh

Yo: Ma:m Nrusimha Mukunda Jana:rdane:thi

Ji:van Japathyanudinam marane: runi:va

pa:shana ka:shta sadrusa:ya dada:mi mukthim"

 

(Oh Ma:nava:s! I am telling truth raising both my hands as if

making a promise/taking an oath. Whoever chants my name

everyday as Nrusimha, Mukunda, Jana:rdana etc. during his lifetime,

at the time of his death, I will grant Mukthi to him)

 

But not many listened and benefited. He became more worried about our

indifference and searched for the ways to make us reach Him.

 

As we, humans, will not believe or listen to anyone else's preachings

and discount them off. We also do not like conditions being imposed.

We will not even try to make an attempt to follow unless there is an

example set. And the example should be so real life like otherwise,

again it will be discounted as not practicable.

 

So He decided that He will take birth as a Human, lead life how an

ordinary human should live, show to the world how a human should be.

 

If it is just that, only those people who were at the time of Avatharam

would have been benefited. What about the people who did not have a

chance to hear/see Him even though living at that time, what about

future

generations? So He chose to document that story historically for

innumerable future generations. We do not have any such comprehensive

eye-witness tell tale like document for the previous incarnations

as Ramayana for Rama avatharam.

 

To make it more effective He chose another very ordinary human, Valmiki,

 

purified and sanctified him with His Nama amritham and made him to

render

the whole story of Ramayanam. Then He chose his own Sons Lava and Kusha

 

sing the whole Ramayanam throughout the world for the benefit of

everyone.

At least by listening to the story some change would come in people's

lives.

He affirmed it himself in Ramayana that , listening to Ramayana brings

prosperity even to him ("Mama:pi that bhu:thi karam pravakshyatha")

 

Thus Ramayanam is the story of a manava, told by another manava for the

benefit of all the manavas past present and future. What was the

necessity

of taking so much pain Himself? His Daya, Karuna, Love towards all of

us

like a Mother to her cute little baby, like a Father to his progeny,

is the only reason why He took so much effort. Thus Lord Srimanarayana

has decided that He will be a model human being and wished everybody

would

take this cue and follow His example.

 

(... to be continued)

 

Jai Srimannarayana!

Murali Krishna Ramanuja Dasaha.

 

 

 

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