Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Post 1 Dear srivaishNava perunthagaiyeer, Even though Ms.Jyothsna asked this question in 2005, I still have this fresh in my memory and when I get a 'new point' on seethaa's capability in srimadh raamaayaNam, I shared with all of you. I wrote a 5 part series first time titled 'is she not capable', a 4 part series second time as a continuation to the first series. Now I begin the third part and let us see how many parts it takes to conclude. So that part slokam "seethaayaas charitham mahath" is really very great and more apt. Just to recollect the question. Quote from part 1 of the first series - Quote - Ms. Jyothsna asked this beautiful question in raamabhakthi list. RaamaBhakthi on behalf of jyothsna lakshmi [jyothsna_music ] Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:07 PM raamabhakthi [RaamaBhakthi] question Jai shri Ram, Dear learned members.... while i was going through sundarakanda i had a doubt' why did not Seetha kill Ravana for the deed he did? Is she not as powerful as Satyabhama? Or is she also afraid to face Ravana? What are the reasons why she could not save herself and reach her Lord feet Shri Ramachandra*? Regards Jyothsna - unquote. Let us see the Sreemadh raamaayaNam incident of "raama observed a fast on the shores of ocean on the opposite side of lanka. He wanted the ocean to allow his team of vaanaraas led by his friend and king sugreeva and himself, to cross over to lanka to win back seetha, the beloved wife of raama. Even after three days the ocean king - the samudhra raajan - did not turn up. Raama was angry and asked lakshmaNa to bring the bow and arrows, so that he will shoot arrows, which will dry up the ocean and leave all the ocean born creatures dead, thereby making it safe for the vaanaraas to crossover to lanka on the ocean bed easily. When lakshmaNa did as directed by the elder, raama shot an arrow into the ocean. Before raama could shoot the second arrow to dry up the ocean, the ocean king appeared accompanied by ganga and sindhu his two wives [among many the important or main ones]". Now let us see a set of slOkams from Srimadh raamaayaNam - gangaa sindhu pradhaanaabhi aapagaabhi: samaavrutha: | dhEvathaanaam saroopaabhi: naanaa roopaabhi: eesvara: || 6-22-23 saagara: samathikramya poorvam aamanthraya veeryavaan | abraveeth praanjalir vaakyam raaghavam sara paaNinam || 6-22-24 [as already written 6 is yudhdha kaaNdam 22 is sargam and 23, 24 are slOkam numbers] saagara: eesvara:= the ocean [who is] the lord of rivers samaavrutha: = escorted aapagaabhi: = by rivers gangaa sindhu pradhaanaabhi: = mainly Ganga and Sindhu saroopaabhi: = equal in form dhevathaanaam = to deities naanaa roopaabhi: = and endowed with diverse forms samuprakramya = approached raaghavam sarapaaNinam = Rama who stood with arrows in hand aamanthraya = addressing as "Raama!' praanjali: = with joined palms poorvam = first abraveeth = spoke vaakyam = (the following) words meaning: The valiant ocean, the lord of rivers, escorted by rivers mainly the Ganga and Sindhu, endowed with diverse forms resembling various deities, approached Raama who stood with arrows in hand, addressing him first as 'Raama!' with joined palms, and spoke the following words: Point: Many a times, it is said the samudhra raajan did surrender to raama at the shores. There is also a krithi by sri aruNaachala kaviraayar in his raama naataka keerthanaigaL on this ocean king episode in raagam asaavEri - we enjoyed the krithi by way of an article in 3 parts earlier. "saraNam saraNam raghu raamaa nee ennai thaRkaaththu aruL paranthaamaa [saraNam] virikadal vEndhaa un thiruvadi sErntha en mEl enna apachaaram aaiyira namaskaaram [saraNam] maddi meen onROdu onRu mallaadi amar pooNum vazhakku theerkkap pOnEn idhaRkO un manam kONum ettum reNdum theriyaadha enakku iththanaiyO kaaNum enna pizhai seidhaalum neeyE poRuththal vENum [saraNam] But the point here is the ocean king did not surrender but did 'anjali' only and after that started talking. This I pointed out earlier also and that is a variation from vaalmeeki. Similarly kamban also places that varuNan took asylum or surrendered saying "abayam nin abayam". Perhaps you may ask what is the relationship between is seethaa capable of killing raavaNa and ocean surrendering to raama or not. You may have to wait till next post. Dhasan Vasudevan m.g. DISCLAIMER: This Message and its contents is intended solely for the addressee and is proprietary.Information in this mail is for L&T Business Usage only. Any Use to other than the addressee is misuse and infringement to Proprietorship of L&T ECC.If you are not the addressee please return the mail to the sender.L&T ECC DIVISION ------------------------ Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click./.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --~-> <*> / <*> <*> Your Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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