"Even multi million Lord Ram's arent equal to you...."

[Guest guest]

Kamba Ramayanam is very interesting.I havent read Valmigi's

original,but I suspect if anybody can ever write anything like

Kambar ever.

 

Rama is asked by dasaratha to go to forest.Rama comes to tell this

news to kousalya.She asks him "Who will be the king then?".Ram

replies "It will be my brother,Baratha".

 

Kousalya replies as "except for the small problem that he is younger

to you, I dont see anything wrong in it.He is three times better

than you to rule this kingdom".

 

See this,Kousalya saw Bharatha as three times better than Rama even

when her only son was about to go to forest.

 

Kambar next describes the scene of Bharatha going to forest to meet

Rama.He meets Guha on the way.When Guha knows why Bharatha has come

to forest,he is overjoyed.He hugs Bharatha and says "Even thousand

Rama's are not equal to you."

 

See now kambar elevates Bharatha to 1000 times than Rama.Earlier it

was three times,now its 1000 times.But see how he ends it.

 

Ram doesnt return after 14 year period.Bharatha is about to jump

into fire.Whole ayodhya is weeping.Kousalya runs to stop Bharatha.

She says "Dont do it my son.I can live without Rama but not without

you.Not even multi million Rama's are equal to you".

 

See now,Bharathas status is elevated to multi million times than

rama,the hero of kamba Ramayanam.

 

Why did kambar write like this?Any guesses from readers?

[Guest guest]

Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

 

Dear Devotee,

It is my guess, that dAsatvam/servitude is the

bottomline and the height of all worships to God. bhAgavat

kaimkaryam is superior to bhagavad kaimkaryam. We can't serve God

directly. He is not going to appear infront of everybody for us to

do service to Him. If we do service to His devotees, it is

equivalent to serving Him. Other devotees can correct me or add.

 

AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam

NC Nappinnai

 

 

> Why did kambar write like this?Any guesses from readers?

[Guest guest]

ramanuja, "vaidhehi_nc" <nappinnai_nc>

wrote:

>

>

> Sri:

> Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

>

> Dear Devotee,

> It is my guess, that dAsatvam/servitude is the

> bottomline and the height of all worships to God. bhAgavat

> kaimkaryam is superior to bhagavad kaimkaryam. We can't serve God

> directly. He is not going to appear infront of everybody for us to

> do service to Him. If we do service to His devotees, it is

> equivalent to serving Him. Other devotees can correct me or add.

 

That is what yAmuna muni says. After requesting Him for bhakti or

ananya bhOgyatA, he further says that he prefers to be an insect in

the house of those having such SEshatva buddhi, rather than becoming

even chaturmukha elsewhere.

 

tava dAsya sukhaika sanginAm

bhavanEshvastvapi kIta janma mE

itarAvsathEshu mAsma bhUt

api mE janma chaturmukhAtmanA

 

By serving the AchArya, we get to know of the Lord, as krshNa

says "tadviddhi praNipAtEna parpraSnEna sEvayA..". By knowing the

Lord and trying to serve Him, we develop love for His devotees and

serve them, the most practical way of living (better serve all human-

beings than trying to judge whether someone is a bhAgavata or

abhAgavata). SVB 412 is wonderful.

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Vishnu

 

 

>

> AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam

> NC Nappinnai

>

>

> > Why did kambar write like this?Any guesses from readers?

[Guest guest]

That is true...but...the only problem is when there is a conflict ( due to

time/place or any other)between serving two beings which one to choose - who we

"think" is a bhagavatha ??? What we think is a not a bhagavatha may be a

bhagavatha in His eyes...one can never tell...

 

 

(better serve all human-

beings than trying to judge whether someone is a bhAgavata or

abhAgavata).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Yes this is very beautifully told by Mangaimannan.

 

tvat brutya brutya paricharaka brutya brutya brutyasya brutya iti....

 

Pls allow me to be in the least 7th position of the people who are your

servants.

 

Dasan/raghavan

 

vaidhehi_nc <nappinnai_nc wrote:

 

 

Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

 

Dear Devotee,

It is my guess, that dAsatvam/servitude is the

bottomline and the height of all worships to God. bhAgavat

kaimkaryam is superior to bhagavad kaimkaryam. We can't serve God

directly. He is not going to appear infront of everybody for us to

do service to Him. If we do service to His devotees, it is

equivalent to serving Him. Other devotees can correct me or add.

 

AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam

NC Nappinnai

 

 

> Why did kambar write like this?Any guesses from readers?

 

azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam

[Guest guest]

pls go thro the threads on sheshatvam and paratantryam this is explained.

dasan/raghavan

 

>priya_vaishnava <priya_vaishnava wrote:

 

Kamba Ramayanam is very interesting.I havent read Valmigi's

original,but I suspect if anybody can ever write anything like

Kambar ever.

......

Why did kambar write like this?Any guesses from readers?

[Guest guest]

Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

As Smt Sheela Belur said, why even think who is a

bhAgavata/non-bhAgavata. Serve everyone as it is srIman nArAyaNa who

is the antaryAmi of all. The only difference is both AcAryA and the

Lord reside in a bhAgavata while only the Lord resides in a non-

bhAgavata. Am I right?

 

AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam

NC Nappinnai

 

 

> > Why did kambar write like this?Any guesses from readers?