The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Rämacandra

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The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Rämacandra

 

SB 9.10 Summary

 

This Tenth Chapter describes how Lord Rämacandra appeared in the dynasty of

Mahäräja Khaöväìga. It also describes the Lord's activities, telling how He

killed Rävaëa and returned to Ayodhyä, the capital of His kingdom.

 

The son of Mahäräja Khaöväìga was Dérghabähu, and his son was Raghu. The son of

Raghu was Aja, the son of Aja was Daçaratha, and the son of Daçaratha was Lord

Rämacandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When the Lord descended into

this world in His full quadruple expansion-as Lord Rämacandra, Lakñmaëa,

Bharata and Çatrughna-great sages like Välméki who were actually in knowledge

of the Absolute Truth described His transcendental pastimes. Çréla Çukadeva

Gosvämé describes these pastimes in brief.

 

Lord Rämacandra went with Viçvämitra and killed Räkñasas like Märéca. After

breaking the stout and strong bow known as Haradhanu, the Lord married mother

Sétä and cut down the prestige of Paraçuräma. To obey the order of His father,

He entered the forest, accompanied by Lakñmaëa and Sétä. There He cut off the

nose of Çürpaëakhä and killed the associates of Rävaëa, headed by Khara and

Düñaëa. Rävaëa's kidnapping of Sétädevé was the beginning of this demon's

misfortune. When Märéca assumed the form of a golden deer, Lord Rämacandra went

to bring the deer to please Sétädevé, but in the meantime Rävaëa took advantage

of the Lord's absence to kidnap her. When Sétädevé was kidnapped, Lord

Rämacandra, accompanied by Lakñmaëa, searched for her throughout the forest. In

the course of this search, They met Jaöäyu. Then the Lord killed the demon

Kabandha and the commander Väli and established a friendly relationship with

Sugréva. After organizing the military strength of the monkeys and going with

them to the shore of the sea, the Lord awaited the arrival of Samudra, the

ocean personified, but when Samudra did not come, the Lord, the master of

Samudra, became angry. Then Samudra came to the Lord with great haste and

surrendered to Him, wanting to help Him in every way. The Lord then attempted

to bridge the ocean, and, with the help of advice from Vibhéñaëa, He attacked

Rävaëa's capital, Laìkä. Previously, Hanumän, the eternal servant of the Lord,

had set fire to Laìkä, and now, with the help of Lakñmaëa, the forces of Lord

Rämacandra killed all the Räkñasa soldiers. Then Lord Rämacandra personally

killed Rävaëa. Mandodaré and other wives lamented for Rävaëa, and in accordance

with Lord Rämacandra's order, Vibhéñaëa performed the funeral ceremonies for

all the dead in the family. Lord Rämacandra then gave Vibhéñaëa the right to

rule Laìkä and also granted him a long duration of life. The Lord delivered

Sétädevé from the Açoka forest and carried her in a flower airplane to His

capital Ayodhyä, where He was received by His brother Bharata. When Lord

Rämacandra entered Ayodhyä, Bharata brought His wooden shoes, Vibhéñaëa and

Sugréva held a whisk and fan, Hanumän carried an umbrella, Çatrughna carried

the Lord's bow and two quivers, and Sétädevé carried a waterpot containing

water from holy places. Aìgada carried a sword, and Jämbavän (Åkñaräja) carried

a shield. After Lord Rämacandra, accompanied by Lord Lakñmaëa and mother

Sétädevé, met all His relatives, the great sage Vasiñöha enthroned Him as King.

The chapter ends with a short description of Lord Rämacandra's rule in Ayodhyä.

 

Lord Rämacandra Rules the World

 

SB 9.11 Summary

 

This chapter describes how Lord Rämacandra resided in Ayodhyä with His younger

brothers and performed various sacrifices.

 

Lord Rämacandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, performed various

sacrifices by which to worship Himself, and at the end of these sacrifices He

gave land to the hotä, adhvaryu, udgätä and brahmä priests. He gave them the

eastern, western, northern and southern directions respectively, and the

balance He gave to the äcärya. Lord Rämacandra's faith in the brähmaëas and

affection for His servants was observed by all the brähmaëas, who then offered

their prayers to the Lord and returned whatever they had taken from Him. They

regarded the enlightenment given to them by the Lord within the core of their

hearts as a sufficient contribution. Lord Rämacandra subsequently dressed

Himself like an ordinary person and began wandering within the capital to

understand what impression the citizens had of Him. By chance, one night He

heard a man talking to his wife, who had gone to another man's house. In the

course of rebuking his wife, the man spoke suspiciously of the character of

Sétädevé. The Lord immediately returned home, and, fearing such rumors, He

superficially decided to give up Sétädevé's company. Thus He banished Sétädevé,

who was pregnant, to the shelter of Välméki Muni, where she gave birth to twin

sons, named Lava and Kuça. In Ayodhyä, Lakñmaëa begot two sons named Aìgada and

Citraketu, Bharata begot two sons named Takña and Puñkala, and Çatrughna begot

two sons named Subähu and Çrutasena. When Bharata went out to conquer various

lands on behalf of the emperor, Lord Rämacandra, He fought many millions of

Gandharvas. By killing them in the fight, He acquired immense wealth, which He

then brought home. Çatrughna killed a demon named Lavaëa at Madhuvana and thus

established the capital of Mathurä. Meanwhile, Sétädevé placed her two sons in

the care of Välméki Muni and then entered into the earth. Upon hearing of this,

Lord Rämacandra was very much aggrieved, and thus He performed sacrifices for

thirteen thousand years. After describing the pastimes of Lord Rämacandra's

disappearance and establishing that the Lord appears for His pastimes only,

Çukadeva Gosvämé ends this chapter by describing the results of hearing about

the activities of Lord Rämacandra and by describing how the Lord protected His

citizens and displayed affection for His brothers.