Srimad Ramayana Thatva Deepika - Balakanda # 140

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Sri Raghunandana Parabrahmane namaha!

Srimathe Ramanujayanamaha!!

 

One who keeps others happy and who is always happy is SriRama. This should be

the normal nature of all human beings. Valmiki named Kaikeyi’s son as Bharatha

and this name perfectly suited him as he later bore the burden of the kingdom

for fourteen years after his father’s demise and Rama’s departure to forest,

like a king, though actually he was not. Thus Bharatha proved his capability to

‘bear the burden’ efficiently and thus the name reflected his nature. Valmiki

named Sumitra’s son as Lakshmana meaning ‘the rich’. He was

fortunate to be the emperor’s son but he did not enjoy the real affluence

physically.

 

But Valmiki referred to him as Lakshmivardhana ; Lakshmisampanna. Here lakshmi

does not indicate the usual world famous prosperity. Lakshmana’s fortune was his

everlasting association with Sri Rama. Only Lakshmana was privileged to have

that wealth. Worldly wealth is prone to be temporary but association with

Bhagavan is eternal. To show us that Lakshmana had that fortune while here and

there too, Valmiki named him so. His twin brother was named as Satrughna. He

acquired a great title which even Rama and Lakshmana who conquered powerful

enemies did not get. He can be called ‘Satrughna’ since he killed Mathura’s king

LavaNa in the battle. But here enemies do not mean enemies in the ordinary

sense. They mean ‘indriyas’ (senses). They never leave us. They attract mundane

things and spoil our ‘manas’. Satrughna had conquered the senses.

 

It is not just diverting the senses from wordly things. His senses got

dissociated from even Bhagavan and got associated with Bhagavan’s devotee.

Bharatha is Rama’s devotee. Satrughna loved Bharatha. Even though all the worlds

were favouring and admiring Sri Rama, Satrughna’s indriyas never bowed before

him but were only fixed on Bharatha. It’s unique to love Bhagavan’s devotees

than Bhagavan Himself. It is difficult to divert our mind from mundane pleasures

to Bhagavan. It is equally or more difficult to divert our manas from Bhagavan

and focus on his devotees. He got this state of mind naturally. So he is

Satrughna.

 

To be continued....

Jai Srimannarayana!

Ramanujamma mudumbai rd.