Srimad Ramayana Tatvadeepika #68 (Ba:la Ka:nda)

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Srimathe Ramanujayanamaha!

Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!

 

The sathva guna makes everything radiant. When sathva guna is predominating

whatever is there in the mind is not be hidden, but it shines. Thamo:guna

hinders one’s sight to view what is present in every thing. It raises waves of

lust and hate sky-high and drowns one in grief. But sathva guna is pure and

gives the vision to view anything upto the ‘brahmam’ that lies therein. The

waters of Tamasa are like the manas of such a ‘sanmanushya’. This is the nature

of Valmiki maharshi’s manas. That’s why he is showing the river waters as the

example. One who wintnesses the entire universe as the divine body of the Lord

will not show any distinctions. If a thing or a bird or a person is one part of

the Lord then another will be another limb. Hence what ever pain one part

experiences will be felt by the other parts too. One who had experienced this

cannot bear to see others’ misery. Their heart bleeds on seeing the instance of

a leaf or a flower being plucked. They feel unbearable to see anyone shedding

tears or to see any person or an animal bleeding. A person with such a state of

mind is only regarded as a ‘rishi’ Only such a rishi can become a ‘kavi’. One

who can feel what others experience and one who can describe what he has

experienced is ‘Kavi’. Valmiki has become a rishi and he is going to be a

‘kavi’.

 

To be continued...

Jai Srimannarayana!

Ramanujamma Mudumbai, Ramanuja Dasi