Guest guest Posted January 31, 2002 Report Share Posted January 31, 2002 Bilvamangala-stava, 2.33: kharantake dusana-dusane raghau marica-hantary udadhau krta-dhvani | lankesa-yosid-gala-sutra-bhanjane rame ciram linam aho mano me || To Khara's death, to the destroyer of Dusana, to Raghu, to the slayer of Marica, who made His way across the ocean, and to the breaker of the mangala-sutras of Lanka's women, Oh, how my mind ever clings to Lord Rama! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2002 Report Share Posted January 31, 2002 achintya, "M. Tandy" <mpt@u...> wrote: > To Khara's death, to the destroyer of Dusana, to Raghu, > to the slayer of Marica, who made His way across the ocean, > and to the breaker of the mangala-sutras of Lanka's women, > Oh, how my mind ever clings to Lord Rama! I assume that "breaking of the mangala-sutras...." refers to His causing them to become widows... or am I mistaken? - K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2002 Report Share Posted February 1, 2002 On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, krishnasusarla wrote: > > > To Khara's death, to the destroyer of Dusana, to Raghu, > > to the slayer of Marica, who made His way across the ocean, > > and to the breaker of the mangala-sutras of Lanka's women, > > Oh, how my mind ever clings to Lord Rama! > > I assume that "breaking of the mangala-sutras...." refers to His > causing them to become widows... or am I mistaken? Yes, and sorry, but it should have read "the Lord of Lanka's women" (i.e., Ravana's wives). Raghunatha was death personified to Ravana and his whole entourage. One can just imagine mother Sita sitting beneath the Asoka tree thinking in this way just to ease her separation; for all we know, she may even have etched this verse into its bark. MDd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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