Srimad Ramayana Tatthva Deepika - Ba:la Ka:nda (29)

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Sreemathe: Ramanujayanamaha!!

 

Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam !!

 

 

SriRama aspires for the welfare of the humanity. His goal

is to strive for the same. This is the main objective of

‘Bhagavan’ also. SriRama is glorious for protecting the

needy seekers, for being generous and magnanimous.

 

The Lord’s name is ‘Yasaswi’

Upanishad says that Bhagavan’s name is ‘Yasaswi’.

 

‘Thasyana:ma mahad yasaha’.

 

SriRama is ‘jna:na sampanna’.He is the erudite in all

knowledge . He is well versed in all veda veda:ngas,and

‘va:rtha:’ meaning ‘krushi goraksha va:nijya’.He is an

expert in wresting and archery with the knowledge of all

‘asthra:s’ and ‘sasthras’ and many more things. Bhagavan

is ‘sarvajna’ who knows all substances by their form and

nature. SriRama is ‘parisuddha’. He is not only clean in

body but also is pure in thinking.

 

‘yo: arthe: suchihi sahi sachihi’

 

The greatest ‘suchi’ is with regard to wealth. In respect

of woman and food one should follow some code and have

control on oneself . This is ‘suchi’. SriRama has such

‘suddhi’.

 

Bhagavan is ‘parisuddha’. No evil or vice touches Him

wherever He is. He glows with His ‘guna:s’. He eradicates

the sins of people who keep connection with Him. He awards

purity to the pure. He is praised :

 

‘pavithra:na:m pavithram’.

 

What is ‘purity’?

Purity is not to have wickedness.

To have something in one’s mind and doing something else

is wickedness.To have the coordination and togetherness of

all the three instruments in doing things (mano: vakka:ya

karma) is called ‘a:rjavam’.

Only the Lord has this quality. Though Lord Srimannarayana

had come in a human form as Sri Rama to teach the mankind

humanity He never thought even in his manas(mind) that he

was really the ‘Para’. When the devatha:s told Him that he

was actually Lord Na:rayana He says,

 

“Athma:na:m ma:nusham manye:”

 

‘I am thinking I am a human being’, and Sri Rama always

considered himself a human being .

This is ‘a:rjavam’. He was so in his words and actions. So

‘suchi’ means ‘a:rjavam’. Bhagavan also has ‘a:rjavam’.

He does what he says.

 

SriRama is ‘vasya’.(submissive)

 

He is subservient to his father, guru and to the rishies.

When his father ordered him to accompany Viswa:mithra he

readily agreed and followed. Even though he felt it a sin

to kill a woman,when his guru Viswamitra told him to kill

a lady demon,he carried out his instruction with reverence.

When his father told him in the court and in private,

‘you have to become a king,tomorrow is your coronation’

or when his step mother asked him to go to the forest he

did not raise objections and did accordingly. This is his

general nature.

The Lord also obliges his devotees.He behaves in accordance

with his devotees' wishes.It is'Bhagavad swabha:vam'.

When they want Him to dwell in an idol and bless them He

readily accepts their wish and accepts the vigraha as His

divine body and fulfills their desires.

 

Sri Rama has 'sama:dhi'.

What is 'sama:dhi'?

 

To be continued.....

 

Jaisrimannarayana!!

 

Ramanujamma Mudumbai,

Ramanujadasi.