Srimad Ramayana Tathva Deepika(47)-Ba:laka:nda

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Sri:mathe: Ramanujaya namaha!

Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale: Saranam!!

 

 

Sri Rama is ‘Sumaha:yasa’. He upheld the name and fame of

Ka:kuthtthsa Vamsa that whoever approaches them would never

go back with his wishes unfulfilled. He is ‘Maha:bala’. He

had great strength in fulfilling the wants of the seekers.

Since SriRama has many such qualities, Bharatha had expected

that his desire would definitely be fulfilled. But Rama had

come here to behave like a human being and practise

‘sa:ma:nyadharmas’. The foremost requisite for any human being

is ‘sathyava:k’. The important dharma for any person is to

follow one’s father’s order. Disregarding ‘pithru a:jna’ and

‘sathyava:k’ and agreeing to Bharatha’s prayer would be

against outward ‘dharma:charana’, so he did not accept his

proposal. Rama had come here to show through his practice how

one should behave in the society. If Rama would have to agree

to Bharatha’s words it would be going against dharma as a

human being and as a son too. So he could not fulfil Bharatha’s

(wish) ignoring the ‘sathyava:kya’ and the ‘pitruva:kya’.

Bharatha was well aware of the inner ji:va dharma. He had come

here to practise and establish the right behaviour from the

outset. So following his father’s command, he could not agree

to his mother’s words or obey his guru’s command or fulfil the

people’s wish. In Sri Ramayana, one should carefully notice the

different aspects of ‘ba:hya’ and ‘a:nthara’ dharma (outer and

inner) from the behaviour of different characters.

 

To be continued....

Jai Srimannarayana!!

Ramanujamma Mudumbai,

Ramanujadasi.