Srimad Ramayana Tatthva Deepika - Ba:la Ka:nda (42)

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Sri:mathe: Ramanujaya Namaha!

Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale: Saranam!!

 

 

Sri Rama is an embodiment of ‘kalya:na gun:as’. He has tremendous valour

and hence has the caliber to protect his subjects. He is filled with all

the great virtues. Dasaratha ruled his kingdom with complete authority (

without any obstruction to his chariot in all the ten directions). Dasaratha

decided that Rama is the most able one to rule such an empire. Being his

eldest son, he is also the rightful heir to the kingdom by birth. He is

concerned about the welfare of his subjects. He is dear to all his people

and his ministers want him to be the king.

 

King Dasaratha desired fondly to coronate Sri Rama as yuvaraj since he is

righteous, his dearest and eldest son. He is also concerned about taking

care of the welfare of his subjects and kingdom. With the consent of his

subjects and the ministers, Dasaratha made necessary arrangements for

required paraphernalia for the ensuing ceremony.

 

Kaikeyi learnt from Mandhara, about all the preparations for the coronation

ceremony with meticulous detail. Earlier Dasaratha had granted Kaikeyi two

boons for her assistance as a charioteer while defeating Sambara:sura. She

is the daughter of king of Kekaya rajya. On Mandhara’s instigation she asked

Dasaratha to fulfill those two boons immediately .She demanded Rama’s

banishment to forests and her son Bharatha’s coronation as yuvaraj. The

promise Dasaratha made to Kaikeyei could not be broken. Dharma lies in

consulting with his ministers and performing the coronation of Rama. But

Dasaratha though bound by Dharma, being ‘sathyavachana’ (truthful to his

word), agreed to send Rama to the forest. Rama accepted his father’s word as

his command and to keep up his father’s promise to Kaikeyi ,to keep his

pledge he made to Kaikeyi in the presence of his father, and without

refuting his father’s words that were uttered to placate Kaikeyi’s feelings,

he left for the forests.

 

To be continued....

 

Jai Srimannarayana!!

Ramanujamma Mudumbai,

Ramanujadasi