Srimad Ramayana Tatthva Deepika - Ba:la Ka:nda (13)

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Asmad Gurubhyo namaha!!

Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!!

 

Cha:rithre:na:

 

It means good conduct. Knowledge without good conduct is

futile.

Ramachandra

while in Panchavati along with Seetha and Lakshmana,

Bharatha came

there

accompanied by his mothers, ministers, purohiths, people

and the

army and

begged Srirama with a fervent appeal to return to

Ayodhya and be

crowned the

king. But Ramachandra did not relent. He rejected either

for

Bharatha

staying back in the forest or he ascending the throne

against their

father’s

wish. Even Vasishta’s words were discarded by Rama. In

the end

Jaabaali, the

purohith tried his best to convince Rama with his

‘na:sthika va:dam’

(na:sthik=a non-believer of Vedas) saying,

“Don’t think that following a dead father’s wish gives

him satisfaction.

Following one’s words after his death or feeding

somebody thinking that it

would satiate his hunger are nothing but foolishness. A

father ‘alone’ is

not responsible for one’s birth. Hence leaving the

kingdom and living in the

forest for the sake of the word given to him is

stupidity.”

 

Srirama replied,”It is one’s duty to follow the path

shown by our elders and

ancestors. Or else he would be drifting from the path of

dharma. People will

dread him. If I become the king unrightfully the

subjects will also become

unrighteous like the king. One’s conduct is very

essential

.

 

“kuli:na makuli:nam va:

suchimva:yadi va:suchim |

cha:rithrame:va vya:khya:thi

vi:ram purusha ma:ninam||

 

If a slo:ka is not clear its explanation will enable a

proper

understanding.A person’s lineage, his purity and his

bravery can be

explained only by his character. After accepting to give

the throne to

Bharatha if I take it back due to your pressure my

character will be

blemished.The world will laugh at me seeing me impure.

So I won’t come

back.”

Controlling his anger on Ja:ba:li he says softly, “I

don’t know what to say

of my father for choosing you as the purohith..” This is

SriRamachandra’s

endurance. He did not pay any heed to his mother’s words

and followed

dharma. Ramachandra proved to the humanity that building

up a good character

is the most essential thing.

 

Bhagavan too has ‘cha:rithram’. He carries on the

activities of ‘srishti, sthithi,and laya’. He never

leaves them. The

Brahmam’s movement is only this universe. He is the

chief administrator and

the supporter. It is His ‘parathva’.

 

Jaisrimannarayana!!!

 

Mudumbai Ramanujamma

Ramanuja dasi