Srimad Ramayana Tatthva Deepika - Ba:la Ka:nda (17)

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha!

Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!

 

 

 

`Sadaika Priyadarsana' :

 

 

 

One's appearance should be pleasing and delightful

to the onlookers. Animals are wild and ferocious

and are liked by some and disliked by others

whereas a human being should be a `sa:thwik' and

visualize the `Ananda Swaru:pa Bhagava:n' in

`sarvabhu:tha:s' and become pleasant for all people around.

 

 

The `sa:thwik-guna' leads to bliss. The `rajas'

gives rise to unhappiness and the `thamo:guna'

leads to grief and passion. If `sathwa guna'

dominates in a person, he will be always pleasing

to all. SriRamachandra was pleasing not only to

human beings but also to animals, trees and rivers.

 

 

 

After Va:li's death, his wife Tha:ra, came to

SriRama to accuse him for killing her husband but

surprisingly her anger cooled off on SriRama's

darshan and she started praising Him:

 

 

" thvama prame:yascha dura:sadascha. "

 

 

Surpanakha whose nose and ears are cut off by

Lakshmana went to her brother Khara to complain

about SriRama but with her heart filled with glee

at SriRama's darshan her intention was forgotten

and on the contrary started describing his

Divine beauty (saundaryam):

 

 

" tharunau roopa sampannau

pundari:ka visa:la:kshou ! "

 

 

So Ramachandra is a `sadaika priyadarshana'.

He had proved that a human being should cultivate

this feature. Every substance here consists of the

three qualities sathwam, rajas and thamas.

If there is only `sathwam' with no `rajas' or

`thamas' that person is wonderful and pleasant

always. In all the things in this universe,

`rajas' or `thamas' would be alternating and

causing unhappiness or grief but they never give

pleasure. But in SriRamachandra there is only

`sathwam' and there are no traces of `rajasthamas', His darshan is

just

`priyam' for all and forever and ever.

His darshan is just `priyam' for all and forever

and ever.

 

 

To be continued...

 

Jaisrimannarayana!

Ramanujamma Mudumbai

 

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ramanuja dasi

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