Guest guest Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Hare Krishna, PAMHO, AGTSP Kindly read the pastimes of Lord Ramacandra on His appearance day on 30th March. PS note that as I am not qualified to glorify the pastimes, all I have done is copy the summary from Srimad Bhagavatam 10:10 & 10:11. Kindly use font type 'Balarama' or 'Palaka' or 'Sca Goudy, to read the text below. Your servant in mission of Srila Prbhupada Nanda Gopal dasa Appeance of Lord Rämacandra 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 expansin-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 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. Sri Sri Sita Rama Laksmana Hanuman ki Jai Jai!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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