Srimad Ramayana Tatthva Deepika - Ba:la Ka:nda (2)

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Jaisreemannarayana!

Asmad Gurubhyo Namaha!!

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha!!!

 

Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

A:pada:mapahartha:ram Da:tha:ram Sarvasampada:m

Lo:ka:bhira:mam Srira:mam Bhu:yo Bhu:yo Nama:myaham

 

 

Valmiki knew about Rama-nama but did not

know about Rama. Rama is the Lord Himself.

He is the great creator(Parabrahma).

Lord decided to take the form of Rama on

this Earth to establish the conduct of a

perfect human being as per the rules laid

out in Vedas.

 

He wanted to teach Dharma through His practice

as explained in the Vedas and show 'practice

coupled with knowledge' (Gyana) through his

followers. Rama was born along with Sridevi

in this bhuloka. Many of His devotees were

born as His followers who came to be known as

‘manavas’ and ‘vanaras’. All of them showed

us how we should lead our lives to keep

ourselves happy while giving happiness to this

society. Rama and His people showed us how the

main goal can be attained while leading such

a life. This is what Vedas explain. That is

what the story of Lord Rama is.

 

In Brahmaloka it was thought that Rama’s story

should be presented in Bhuloka as Srimad Ramayana.

In Brahmaloka SriRamayana is ‘sathako:ti

pravistharam’,

that is, it contains one hundred crore of slokas.

For that purpose Narada came to bhuloka.

 

Valmiki who had attained enlightenment, was

chanting ‘rama-nama’ in his ashram. He was aware of

the power of ‘rama-nama’ but did not know the power

of ‘Rama’. He deeply intended to know about Him.

 

He questioned sage Narada:

 

Thapaswa:dhya:ya niratham tapaswi: va:gvida:m varam

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Na:radam paripaprachcha va:lmiki rmuni pungavam ||

 

Valmiki who was in a depressed mood, asked

Narada, a great sage, a great scholar, a great

believer in penance and practice and who has

‘swadyaya nirathi’, about whom he wanted to know.

 

This is the first sloka of Sri Ramayana. The

first hundred slokas contain the story of Rama

as revealed by Narada to Valmiki.

 

Buddhi (commonsense) is an important instrument

that guides a man’s decisions in selecting the

good and eliminating the bad. If it has to work

perfectly it should be freed from the qualities

'rajas' and 'thamas'. Valmiki attained a crystal

clear 'buddhi' because of the incessant

'rama-nama-japa'.

 

The two letters in the word ‘Rama’ are very

powerful. The first letter ‘Ra’, like a holy

fire, burns the ahamkara(ego) and mamakara

(attachment) and the letter ‘Ma’ would enable

one to attain the all pervasive, supreme

Happiness the ‘Lord’ Himself. Rama-nama

blessed Valmiki with a vision to experience

the Lord in himself and in every thing else

and he was able to feel the extreme happiness

(a:nanda).

 

What is happiness (a:nanda)?

 

To be continued...

 

Jai Srimannarayana!

Ramanujamma Mudumbai RD

 

 

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