Srimad Ramayana Tatthva Deepika - Ba:la Ka:nda (20)

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha!

Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!

 

SriRamachandra is a ‘jithakrodha’.

 

He had anger under his control. He was not

angry even with Ravana who had abducted

Seetha. He wanted to punish him because he

was treading the path of ‘adharma’ and

wanted to curtail him from committing such

mistakes again. In the battlefield SriRama

could have killed Ravana with a single

arrow had he been really angry, when the

latter stood in the battlefield with his

chariot smashed, horses killed and the bow

broken by SriRama. But he told,

 

“gachcha anu ja:na:mi” and sent him back.

 

SriRamachandra, the ‘jithakro:dha’ asked

him to go back from the war field and come

back with his chariot and bow and arrows

for the fight. His feeling was that one’s

crime should be condemned as it is adharma

but the solution would not lie in killing

the criminal. Every person should have

this attitude. That is the basic tenet of

humanity.

 

 

After Ravana:sura’s death his own brother

Vibhi:shana rejected to perform Ravana’s

funeral ceremonies Then SriRama says ,

 

“marana:nthani vaira:ni”

 

“our anger for his mistakes should last

only till his death but not continue after

his end. Now his vengeance cannot harm us.

You perform his funeral. If not I will do

his final rites as your brother is my

brother too!!”

 

Human beings require this sensitivity.

 

Once SriRama lost his temper in the war.

During the battle with Ravana:sura,

Hanuman who was distressed to see SriRama

standing on the ground and fighting with

Ravana, who was seated comfortably in the

chariot, took him onto his shoulders and

with extreme skill and care had been

protecting SriRamachandra from the darts

of Ravana. An enraged Ravana:sura started

showering arrows on Hanuma.Hanuma started

bleeding all over. Hanuma infuriated at

this became more furious and started

jumping like a tiger in the field. Seeing

Hanuma bleeding, SriRama became very sad.

SriRama was gripped with fury at Hanuma’s

plight.

 

Va:lmi:ki says,

 

“kro:dhasya vasame:yiva:n”

 

He let anger conquer him. He will forgive

and leave anybody offending Him but will

not tolerate if anyone harasses those that

adore and love Him. Mankind should cultivate

this quality. SriRama pardoned Samudra for

his misbehaviour in his case. He pardoned

Ka:ka:sura who had offended Sita when the

Ka:ka:sura came before him in a pitiable

state. That is the speciality in his anger.

 

He had no craving for kinship and left it

without any attachment. He was never

conquered by ‘ka:ma’. SriRamachandra proved

to the world through practice that one who

can keep these three in one’s control can

only be a perfect human being

 

Bhagavad Gita says that ‘ka:ma, kro:dha

and lo:bha’ are the three ways to the Hell

and hence should be shunned .

 

“thasma:d ae:tha thrayam thyaja”, says the

Lord.

 

 

To be continued...

 

Jaisrimannarayana!

Ramanujamma Mudumbai

Ramanuja dasi