Valmiki Ramayana

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Om Namo Narayanaya:

Dear gk ji,

The text of Valmiki Ramayana's Sundara Kanda in Sanskrit/ English with meaning can be accessed at http://www.valmikiramayan.net/sundara/sarga1/sundara_1_frame.htm

Regards,

Krishnapriya

Sri Rama Jayam

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gkekm7 <gkekm7[Guruvayur] Re: Namasthe-Ramayanaparam-16-sundarakandamguruvayur Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 12:40 PM

 

 

Punyatman,In Sundarakandam the entire Ramayana up to that is repeated three times ( i suppose ) and gives effect of reading Ramayana that much of times..To ward off bad dreams people used to read " Trijata Swapna ". In the first chapter, there is a great prayer by Hanuman to entire nature. This is great. Each chapter has its own "phala sruti" also.By the by, is there any site from which Sundara kanda of valmiki can be down loaded? As I am not in India, I would like to know how to get it.Pranams!gkguruvayur@grou ps.com, "Epics 07" <epics07 > wrote:>> Thank you very much savithiriji for sharing this interesting story> which was unknown to me.> > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 6:27 AM, Savitri Puram <savitriopuram@ ...> wrote:> >

Dear all,> >> > Hanumaanji is known by several names like Aanjaneya, meaning> > Anjanadevi's son, Maaruthi meaning Vaayu Bhagavan's son, Raamadootha> > etc. One of his names he himself did not know until his mother one day> > called him by that name. Here is the story:> >> > Valmiki Maharshi wrote Raamaayanam after Raama's abhishekam as the> > King. He finished Baala kaandam, Ayodhya kaandam, Aaaranya kaandam and> > he wanted to name the next kaandam after Annjaneya because Annjaneya> > plays a big role in that part of the story. Even before Valmiki's> > thoughts were complete, Aanjaneya appeared before Vaalmiki and told> > him that he was only a humble servant of Raama and he did not deserve> > the credit of naming a whole chapter of Raamayana after him. Valmiki> > agreed and asked him

whether he could name that kaandam as Sundara> > Kaandam . Hanuman happily agreed because it was the most beautiful> > kaandam in Raamayanam and in this kaandam he saw Sitadevi and came> > back and told Rama about the good news.> >> > Peacefully he went home. Seeing Hanuman walking towards her, mother> > Anjana devi greeted him by calling his pet name "Sundara" which she> > very seldom used to address him. For some unknown reason, she was> > overwhelmed with his motherly love and called him by the pet name> > Sundara" she had given at the time of his birth. Aanjaneya could not> > believe his ears.> >> > Aanjaneya rushed back to Valmiki Maharshi and begged him to change the> > name of that chapter. But it was too late and Valmiki had finished> > wrting that chapter. So, that day Hanumanji learnt that

he had another> > name Sundara and that name will be there as long as Raamaayana is> > there.> >> > And this story adds to the soundaryam of Sundara kandam.> >> > Regards and prayers> >> > Savitri> >> > P.S. Another meaning for Sundara is messenger or dootha.> >> >>