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Dear sri

vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

 

In continuation

of the krithi 'lakshaNamulu gala' now we will see how theis krithi and

vaalmeeki's description of raama matches.

 

 

First, see how

seethaa asks hanumaan to describe raama –

 

yaani raamasya lingaani

lakshmaNasya cha vaanara |

thaani bhooya: samaachakshva na

maam sOka: samaavisEth || 5-35- 3

keedhrusam thasya

samsthaanam? roopam raamasya keedhrusam?

kathham ooru ? kathham baahoo ?

lakshhmaNasya cha samsa mE || 5-

35- 4

Meaning: seethaa says to hanumaan, " O! monkey! please relate in

detail the characteristics of raama and lakshmaNa again; grief will have no

place in me. What are raama's and lakshmaNa's food habits? How is their form?

How are their thighs? How are their arms? Please relate to me in detail " .

 

Point:

Her address here is 'hey vaanara' – so a tinge of doubt is still there in her.

So, if she gets a proper description, which she knows well, her doubts will go

and her joy of listening to the description about her raama is also ensured.

 

Now hanumaan starts and goes on –

 

jaananthee batha dishTyaa maam vaidhEhee

pariprichChhasi |

bharthuh kamala pathra akshi samkhyaanam

lakshmaNasya cha || 5-35-6

 

meaning: hanumaan starts, " O

Seethaa, having eyes resembling lotus leaves! By my fortune, you are enquiring

about the appearance of Raama, your husband and LakshmaNa, eventhough you know

about them. Alas! what a pleasure! "

 

point: dear all, now you get why it is called

'sundhara kaaNdam' – seethaa the female beauty personification wants the

knowledgeable hanumaan to describe raama the male beauty personification. So

one beauty is asking about another and all beauty – so sundharam – the portion

itself is sundhara kaaNdam.

 

And who describes it all - thyaagaraaja

here – in raamaayaNam hanumaan – the siva avathaaram – he knows raama and how

to do the description in full.

 

Continuing--

yaani raamasya chinaani lakshmaNasya cha

yaani vai |

lakshithaani visaala akshee vadhathah sriNu thaani mE || 5-35-7

raama: kamala pathra aksha: sarva

saththva [bhootha] manOhara: |

roopa dhaakshiNya sampanna:

prasoothO janakaathmajE || 5-35-8

 

meaning: hanumaan describes " O the

large eyed Seethaa! I tell the characteristics of Raama and Lakshmana as I

recognized them; hear them from me. Oh, Janaka's daughter! raama is born with

lotus petal like eyes; captivates everyone with beauty and kindness.

 

Point:

Sree thyaagaraaja also starts – come let us do pradhakshiNam to sree raama –

who is 'lakshaNamulu gala' – endowed with all good qualities and features.

 

thEjasaa aadhithya samkaasah kshamayaa

prithivee samah |

brihaspathi samO budhdhhyaa yasasaa vaasava upamah || 5-35-9

rakshithaa jeeva lOkasya sva janasya cha

rakshithaa |

rakshithaa svasya vriththasya dharmasya

cha param thapah || 5-35-10

 

meaning: He is equal to the sun in

splendour, earth in endurance, Brihaspathi in intelligence and Indhra in fame.

Raama the tormentator of his adversaries, is a protector of the world of

beings, further protecting his own people. He is the protector of his own

behaviour and righteousness.

 

Point: what ST says is raama has the brahmaaNdam

in his kukshi – his stomach – in one line whatever hanumaan says in two slokams

is said by ST – sun, earth, protector of world etc – when all these in one's

stomach – it is but natural that he has to protect his own stomach – is it not

– one simple stroke – all conveyed - kukshiNi

brahmaaNDamu lunnavaTa sree raamuni.

 

Also unless one is a fine discriminator

of what is right what is wrong – or dharmam / adharmam – how can he be a dharma

rakshaka - rakshithaa svasya vriththasya dharmasya of hanumaan – so it is said

by ST as " vichakshuNuDaTa " .

 

Further who is brihaspathi – guru – in

its true sense who is the real guru ? As in sree vishNu sahasra naamam – raama

– he is 'guru thamaaya guravE namah' - Superlative guru of all gurus - dheeksha

guruDaTa of ST.

 

More in next post please.

 

-- Vasudevan MG