HH Sri Swamiji reveals the secrets of Ramayanam

[Guest guest]

Jai Srimannarayana!

 

With the benevolence of HH Shri Swamiji and

His guidance, I would like to continue the

postings on Ramayanam!

 

Shri Swamiji said that once we realize how insincere

we are, we feel an urge to better ourselves.

How do we do that ?

 

As we are human beings, we easily try to avoid/evade

any responsbilities by showing 100 different reasons

for every act we have to do. If Lord stays in

paramapadam and advices us a code of conduct, we will

not bother. We may say that it is easy to preach than

practice.

 

So Lord has come down to earth as a human being to

show what are the dharma:s and how they have to be

practiced. That is what Sri Ra:ma Avata:ram is for.

 

After demonstrating Dharma paripa:lanam for 11000 years

on earth, during Sri Ra:ma Avata:ram, Lord thought that

it is better to record His biography so that people

in future generations get benefit from His avata:ram,

as they did not have a chance to live during the avata:ra

period. And also they will have a chance to practice

Dharma as Ra:ma did by learning from the history.

(Never in any other avata:ram Lord has considered about

recording his life events ).

 

If it is written by Gods then human beings may say that

all these Dharmas can only be practiced by divine

persons only. So He chose a human being to write the

story. In human beings also if a person of higher

learning writes it, people may say that this has to be

followed only by people of that type only. So He chose

a person from a tribesmen ('boya') family

- a bird hunter by occupation - to perform this duty.

 

Sapta Rishis have initiated 'Ruksha' a bird

hunter to the divine name of Lord 'Ra:ma'. Ruksha

was so immersed in divinity of the 'Ra:ma' namam

that he forgot himself, his surroundings, his

desires, hunger, thirst everything. For years

together he sat immobile chanting the nectarious

name, enjoying the beauty of the mantra and Lord.

 

As seasons changed anthills grew up on his body.

His physical body was absorbed into the pancha

bhootas but his life is not lost. The life force

or 'prana' stayed with him for years together.

Finally when he came out after realization, he

got a new body totally purified. His name

became 'Va:lmi:ki' because he came out of 'Valmi:kam'

or anthill in sanskrit. There was a great shower

of rain and thunder on the anthill which caused

the anthill to melt away awakening the Maharshi

Va:lmi:ki. In Sanskrit the Lord of Rain and thunder

is called 'Prache:tas'. Because Va:lmi:ki was awakened

by Prache:tas (rain) his name became 'Pra:che:tas'

 

The following are the dhya:na slokas singing about Va:lmi:ki -

 

Koojantam Ra:ma Ra:me:ti Madhuram Madhura:ksharam

A:ruhya kavita: sa:kha:m vande: va:lmi:ki ko:kilam

 

Va:lmi:ke:rmuni simhasya kavita: vana cha:rinah

srunvan ra:ma katha: na:da:m ko: na ya:ti para:m gatim

 

yah piban satatam ra:ma charita:mruta sa:garam

atruptastam munim vande: pra:che:tasam akalmasham

 

(Sri Swamiji has given a wonderful commentary on

the above slokas. Let us learn about the details

in subsequent postings.)

 

Thus lord purified a person from very low rungs of

the society by vitrue of His name to show us just

the power of His name and also to show us the path

we need to follow, the dedication we need to have,

the commitment we should exhibit.

 

More over, Lord gave Va:lmi:ki a divine vision

of re-enacting the whole story of Ra:ma:yanam

as it occurred, before his eyes so that Va:lmi:ki

can record it flawlessly including all the open

and secret acts/words/deeds without a miss.

Thus it is a living legend even today 19 million

years after Sri Ra:ma avata:ram.

 

No matter how low/high in the society we are,

no matter how sinned/pious we are, no matter how illiterate

/educated we are, no matter how poor/rich we may be

the only name that makes us realize what we are

is the name of Lord Ra:ma. The only story that tells

us how we should behave is Ra:ma:yanam.

 

Blessed are those who read Ra:ma:yanam and practice

what is shown by Lord Ra:ma. Blessed are those who

at least hear Ra:ma:yanam to cherish Lord Ra:ma fondly

in their hearts. Their hearts will be filled with Lord

Ra:ma and they will automatically be directed by Lord

from inside. It is time to start practicing what we

are learning. It is never too late or early in life

to start doing right things. Everyday is a new day to

learn.

 

Let us all join in doing kaimkaryam to Lord, our Acharya

and to the humanity by following Lord Ra:ma. Let us

sing the sweet 'Ra:ma' namam everyday like Va:lmi:ki and

become engrossed in its divinity. Let us sing the

bhajan 'Sriram jayaram jaya jaya ram' at least once

a day.

 

Let us learn about another secret in Ra:ma:yanam

in the next posting ...

 

Adiyen

Ramanuja Dasaha

Murali Krishna Kalvapudi.

 

Jai Srimannarayana!