Srimad Ramayana Tatva Deepika #138 (Ba:la Ka:nda)

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Sri Raghunandana ParabrahmaNenamaha!

Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!!

 

At the time of SriRama’s incarnation all the celestials – devathas, gandharvaas,

apsarasas - rained flowers with joy. The dundubhies’ (drums) rhythm filled the

air. All the people of Ayodhya were immersed in happiness. In every street of

Ayodhya, the people, actors, dancers and singers were giving performances. The

king presented suitable gifts to his servants, suutas, maagadhas and vandhas. He

felicitated them all in his happiness on getting sons. He gave cows and wealth

to the Brahmins. After eleven days passed, on the twelfth day the naming

ceremony was performed. VaSishta was the priest. Happy on the Emperor having

sons, he named the eldest son as ‘Rama’, Kaikeyi’s son as Bharatha and Sumitra’s

sons as Lakshmana and Satrughna.

 

The names were not meaningless like the general names of public. Vasishta being

aware of the past and future, named him Rama for he knew that he would give

happiness to all…..ramayathi – ithi – raamaha. Not only that, the yogis meditate

on him and derive happiness – so he was named Rama. He is such a noble soul

having such wonderful nature.

 

The letter ‘RA’ contains ‘agni beeja’ in it. The letter ‘MA’ contains ‘amritha

beeja’ in it. So when the letter Ra is uttered all the sins would get eradicated

and by uttering Ma one would attain ‘eternity’. Surrender to Ramanaama wipes off

ego and attachment. It is the means for ‘Moksha’.

 

In the word ‘rama’, as per the place of the letter in the alphabet, Ra is the

second and Ma is the fifth. As the sastric custom goes, it is the practice to

write the numbers in this way and then reverse the digits. Then 25 becomes 52.

The letters are fifty- two in number. Rama is the ‘One’ known by the whole mass

of letters.

 

Every sound refers to Paramathma alone who dwells in the Jivas that in turn

dwell - in the mundane bodies that are prone to change. So all the sounds refer

to Bhagavan alone. Because Sri Rama is Sri Mahavishnu, all the sounds (Sabdaas)

become his names, the maharshi named him ‘RAMA’.

 

(To be continued........)

Jai Srimannarayana!

Ramanujadaasi.