Srimad Ramayana Tathva Deepika # 90 (Ba:la Ka:nda)

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Srimathe Ramanujayanamaha!

Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!!

 

4.The king should be a resplendent one. The enemies should dread to come forward

before him. His strength of radiance should be such that enemy kings should be

afraid to face him like the eyes that fear to gaze at the midday sun of

midsummer.

 

5. The king has to be dear to the rural people as well as to the city folks. He

should be impartial in providing comforts and amenities to his subjects. As all

the sons are lovable to their father alike, so also the king should not

discriminate between his rural subjects and the city dwellers.

 

6. A king has to perform yajna:s to appease the celestials and invoke their

blessings for the good of the people and to attain the ‘paralo:ka’. One can not

rule the kingdom with just one’s own caliber. He needs Lord’s strength. With the

available resources we have to please the devathas and - with the benefits and

prosperity they bless us with - we have to be satisfied. For this reason a king

should perform yajna:s.

 

7.He should be interested in righteous practices. It’s his duty to strive to

provide the necessary amenities like the drinking water ponds and orchards for

the welfare of his subjects.

 

(In the next posting....)

Jai Srimannarayana!

Ramanujamma Mudumbai, Ramanujadasi.