Srimad Ramayana Tatthva Deepika - Ba:la Ka:nda (9)

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Jaisrimannarayana!!!

Jeeyar Thiruvadigale saranam!!!

 

Va:lmiki asked, " who is the veeryavan?”

 

‘Vika:ra’ means ‘ change’ or ‘transformation’.There may

be various

reasons

to get affected by our surroundings or situations. Not

to be

disturbed

(vika:ram)by any such things is ‘veeryam’ The Lord is

all pervading

.He is

present in all the animate and the inanimate, in the

meanest of the

mean.

He is present in all the substances that abound with

‘rajas’ and

‘thamas’.

Still He is never touched by any of these qualities. He

is always a

Pu:rna

with all the kalyana gunas. He is always radiant with

the supreme

‘jnana’

and extreme ‘ananda’. A human being should also be a

‘veeryava:n’ like that

who can mix with all others without any ego. (with

sausi:lyam .)One should

not allow one’s samska:ra to be affected even while

among the creatures with

mean qualities. One should not stay away from others

with ego and at the

same time one should not be changed staying with them.

Even when we face a

volatile situation, our mind should be strong and

undisturbed. SriRama

fought with fourteen thousand demons alone with a strong

and stable mind. .

This is the second necessary quality for any human being

..

Dharmajna:

One who knows and practices dharma is a ‘dhamajna’.

Dharma is a means for eternal bliss. It is of two types:

‘Sa:ma:nya dharma’

and ‘Vishe:sha dharma’.

Striving for others’ happiness in the society and in

turn finding pleasure

in their joy is ‘sa:ma:nya dharma.’ A son’s duty towards

his father is to

keep him happy by behaving in a way that satisfies him

and serving him as

per his wish and be able to derive pleasure from his

father’s happiness.

Keeping the ‘devatha:s’ happy by performing ‘yagnas’ and

‘ya:gas’ is

‘pa:ralaukika dharma’.These two dharmas come under

‘sa:ma:nya dharma’.

For ‘Parama:thma’ these souls and ‘prakrithi’ are like

His Divine Body. The

human beings should remember the fact that they are

ordained by the Lord to

do only His service but not to work independently

towards their own selfish

ends and offer every act of theirs’ to Him as His

service and for His

happiness. This is ‘vishe:sha dharma’.

Human beings should know these two dharmas. SriRama

behaved in such a manner

that gave happiness to his father, mother, brothers,

elders and friends.

This gave him immense joy. SriRama pleased the devatha:s

by performing

‘yagnas’ and ‘yagas’.(rituals and sacrifices) He

performed his duties

according to the God ‘s wish and favour. So

SriRamachandra is a ‘dharmajna’.

SriRama is a ‘dharmajna’ not only as a ‘nara’(human

being) but as the

‘Para’(Lord) too….

Bhagavan’s main dharma is ‘srishti sthithi laya’ and

protection. Protecting

those who surrender unto him ignoring however they may

be is His dharma.

This is only ‘parathva’.

 

To be continued .............

Mudumbai Ramanujamma

Ramanuja dasi.