Srimad Ramayana Tatva Deepika # 137 (Ba:la Ka:nda)

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Sri Raghunandana Parabrahmane Namaha!

Srimathe Ramanujayanamaha

 

(18 sarga 1 to 11 slokas)

Sriraama Avathar.

 

Aswamedha and Putrakaameshti yagas were concluded. All the devathas left to

their respective abodes after receiving their shares of sacrificial oblations.

Dasaratha left for his capital, along with his queens, attendants, army and

vehicles, after finishing his deeksha at the ritual ground by the river Sarayu.

All the kings had left to their kingdoms after being felicitated fittingly by

Dasaratha. King Dasaratha entered his palace, honoured and worshipped

Rishyasringa and Santha. They both again went back to Romapaada in Angade:sa.

Out of respect, Dasaratha sent some army to accompany them to that kingdom and

he too went some distance to bid them farewell. Thus after all the people had

left to their places, the king awaited anxiously for the arrival of the

princes. Six seasons have passed off thus, after the completion of the yajna. In

the twelfth month, in the month of Chaitra, on the Navami day (9th day), the

ruling star that day being Punarvasu whose presiding deity was Adithi, while

five planets were in exaltation, when Jupiter with the Moon was in the ascendant

Cancer, Kausalya gave birth to SriRamachandra in the afternoon.

 

ThathaScha dvaadaSe:maase: chaitre: naavamike:thithou|

Nakshatrye:dithidaivathye: swo:chcha samsthe:shu panchasu ||

 

Graheshu karkate: lagne: vaakpathaa vindunaa saha |

Pro:dyamaane: jagannaatham sarvalo:ka namaskrutham ||

 

Kausalyaa janayadraamam sarvalakshaNa samyutham|

Vishno:rartham mahaabhaagam putramaikshvakuvardhanam||

 

Among the planets Saturn, Mars, Venus, Sun and Jupiter were in their exalted

positions. In the Karkaataka Lagna during the auspicious time, Kausalya

delivered a son who is the possessor of the whole universe and who is adored by

all the worlds. SriRama was born with the half amsa of Lord Vishnu with all the

divine attributes.

 

(To be continued..)

Jaisrimannarayana!

Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!!

Ramanujamma Mudumbai, Ramanuja Dasi