[Ramayanaofvalmikiandkamban] Ramayana of valmiki and Kamban-Aranyakanda-5.Rama goes to see Agasthya

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Please give reference to theexact place where this occurs in

valmikiramayana bacai sue I am not able to find it .

 

 

, venkata krishnan <bcvk71

wrote:

>

> Dear All,

>              Agastyabhraataa here also refers to Maharshi Visrava,

the brother of Maharshi Agastya and father of Raavana.Agastya is the

peternal uncle of Raavana and hence Raavana had high regard for him,

though Raavana was a Brahmaraakshasa.He was a Brahmaraakshasa

because he was born to Kaikasi, the Raakshasi and Braahmana Maharshi

Visrava.All these are mentioned in Raamaayana by Maharshi Vaalmiki.

> KSHEMAAYAPUNARAAGAMANAAYACHA

> B.C.VENKATAKRISHNAN.

> website: www.vedascience.com 

>

> --- On Sun, 11/9/08, G S S Murthy <murthygss wrote:

>

> G S S Murthy <murthygss

> Re: [Ramayanaofvalmikiandkamban] Ramayana of valmiki and

Kamban-Aranyakanda-5.Rama goes to see Agasthya

> Ramayanaofvalmikiandkamban

> Sunday, November 9, 2008, 4:22 PM

Pranams,

> Valmiki does not give out the name of agastyabhraataa. He

throughout remains

> agastyabhraataa only. Any body whose relevance is only because of

his

> nearness to a Great Person is called an agstyabhraataa. I learnt

this

> interpretation from my father, but I think it is fairly widely

known.

> Regards

> GSS Murthy

>

> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Dr.SarojaRamanujam, M.A.,Ph.D,

Siromani in

> Sanskrit <gitaclass > wrote:

>

> >

> > 5.Rama goes to the hermitage of Agasthya

> >

> > Rama, Lakshmana and Seetha lived in Dandakaranya for ten years

among the

> > asramas of the rshis. After that they returned to the asrama of

> > Sutheekshna and asked him about the great sage Agasthya who was

supposed

> > to be living in Dandakaranya. Sutheekshna told him to travel

towards

> > south to reach the asrama of Agasthya.

> >

> > Valmiki describes Rama , lakshman and Seetha walking towards the

asrama

> > of Agasthya.

> >

> > agrathaH pryayou raamaH seethaa maDhye sumaDhyamaa

> >

> > prshTathasthu DhanushpaaNiH lakshmaNo anujagaama ha

> > (Aranyakanda- sarga11-sloka 1)

> >

> > The direct meaning of this verse is as follows:

> >

> > Rama went in front, Seethaa, with beautiful waist, was in the

middle

> > and Lakshmana followed behind with bow in hand.

> >

> > The commentators attribute an inner meaning to this sloka which

could

> > possibly be hinted by the partcle `ha' of Valmiki , denoting

> > wonder.

> >

> > This sloka explains the meaning of Pranava, which has three

syllables,

> > `a', `u' and `ma'. The akaara denotes Narayana,

> > as it is said, `akaaro vishNuparyaayaH. ' That is agrathaH, the

> > first. The word Rama means one who protects and also the

association

> > with Lakshmi. The word sumadhyamaa, denotes the middle syllable

> > `u' which stands for Lakshmi, Seetha implying the purushakara

> > of the divine mother by which she recommends the devotees to the

Lord.

> > Lakshmana is the syllable `ma' which denotes the jeeva, whose

> > lakshya, aim of life is to serve the Lord and hence he is

described as

> > dhanushpani, ready to do the bidding of the Lord.

> >

> > The last sloka of the Bhagavtgita, is, `yathra yogesvaraH

krshNaH t

> > yathrapaarTho DhanurDharah thathra SreeH vijayo bhoothiH Dhruvaa

neethiH

> > mathih mama .' Wherever there is Krishna , the Lord of yoga, and

> > Arjuna with his bow ready, there will ever be fortune, victory,

wealth

> > and dharma. This means, when the jeeva is ready to do the

command of the

> > Lord, success in the form of wealth, victory and fame is

assured. This

> > concept is illustrated by the word dhanushpaaNiH.

> >

> > They walked for awhile and came across a hermitage which Rama

recognized

> > as that of the brother of Agasthya, as decribed by Sutheekshna.

> >

> > Here Rama narrated the story of the demons Vathapi and Ilvala to

> > Lakshmana. Those two were brothers and Ilvala used to take the

form of a

> > brahmin and would ask the rshis to come and take food for the

sraddha

> > ceremony of his father. Then he used to cut his brother and cook

him

> > and serve the food to the unsuspecting rshis. When they have

eaten he

> > would call his brother who would come out of their stomach thus

killing

> > them. Devas requested Agasthya to punish them and Agasthya went

to their

> > abode. When he had eaten the food, Ilvala called Vathapi to come

out but

> > Agasthya laughingly said that Vathapi had been digested and

could not

> > come out,. When Ilvala rushed towards him Agasthya burned him

with his

> > power of penance.

> >

> > Rama was thus talking to Lakshmana when they neared the asrama

of the

> > brother of Agasthya. After seeing him and receiving his blessing

Rama

> > started for the hermitage of the sage Agasthya the next morning.

> >

> > When they neared the asrama of Agasthya, Rama told Lakshmana that

> > Agasthya got his name because he quelled the pride of Vindhya

mountain,

> > agha. That mountain went on growing in order to be equal to the

mount

> > Meru. It grew so tall that even the Sun was obstructed on his

path. So

> > the devas asked Agasthya to stop its growth. When the sage went

near the

> > mountain it bowed down to give way to him and he told Vindhya to

be like

> > that till he came back. But the sage stayed in the south and

never came

> > back .Out of the fear of the sage the demons never entered the

asrama

> > and the place was fertile and peaceful.

> >

> > (agham sThambhayathiithi agasthyaH- one who stopped the mountain)

> >

> > Thus talking they came to the hermitage of Agasthya. Rama told

Lakshmana

> > to go in and inform the sage that he had come with Seetha. The

> > implication here being that through Seetha the destruction of

Ravana was

> > going to take place.

> >

> >