Srimad Ramayana Tatthva Deepika - Ba:la Ka:nda (15)

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha!

Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!

 

Vidva:n - Jna:nam

 

Human beings should mainly have ‘jna:nam’.

SriRama learnt all the vedas, vedangas,

sasthras to the fullest extent and had a

perfect knowledge of all the martial arts

like archery etc. So He is a ‘vidva:n’.

 

SriRamachandra in spite of being a great

scholar of adorable ability was very humble.

Humility results from good education.

 

SriRama has been praised ,

 

“sarvasa:sathra:rdha thathvajnaha

smrithima:n prathibha:nava:n”

 

Knowing the sa:stra:s, grasping their meaning

and assimilating their ‘ththvam’ was possible

for SriRama. They should come to one’s memory

whenever needed. One should have the skill as

to utilize them judiciously. SriRama had this

exceptional caliber. Just knowing the sastras

is not enough for a human being. Contemplating

on them and implementing them as and when

required is necessary. This had been elucidated

to the world by SriRamachandra.

 

Bhagavan who is ‘Para’ is known as ‘sarvajna’.

He is also mentioned as ‘sarvavid’. He knows

everything in its entirety and He who knows

each one of them individually to the minutest

detail is ‘Bhagavan’ only. The thathva that

carries on the business of ‘srishti, sthithi,

laya’ is ‘Brahmam’. The quality ‘sarvajnathvam’

is required for this. He has to know the

various ‘karmas’ of all the ‘jeevas’ (souls),

their differences, into what bodies the

‘prakrithi’ should be changed to make them

undergo their ‘karma', What types of substances

to be created, which tools to be provided for

their experience of karma and what places to

be created for their experience. Thus He

provides 'bho:gya padhartha, bho:gyo:pakarana,

and bho:gastha:na'. So He is a 'sarvavid'.

 

 

To be continued...

 

Jaisrimannarayana!

 

Mudumbai Ramanujamma

 

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