Srimad Ramayana Tathva Deepika#63(Ba:la Ka:nda)

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Sri:mathe: Ramanujayanamah!

Sri:jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!!

 

(slokas 95-98 of sankshepa Ramayanam of Valmiki)

 

Sri Ramachandra performed many krathus. He donated several crores of cows to

brahmins; established hundreds of kingdoms of royal dynasties. He enforced the

people of the four castes to observe their dharma properly.Thus SriRama would

rule his kingdom for eleven thousand years as ‘Bhagavad upa:sana’ and leave

for his brahmalo:ka that is Paramapada. Thus Narada briefly narrated the story

of Sri Ramachandra in reply to Valmiki’s question.

 

Now sage Narada is explaining to Va:lmiki maharshi the greatness of

SriRamayan, “ This is holy, wipes off the sins, confers punya and is equal to

veda:s. All those who read Ramayana will be relieved of all their sins.” That,

which cleanses the blemishes and purifies either a country or a place or

people is said to be holy. When Veda is recited, the rajas and thamas

sticking to one’s mind would be removed by its ‘Sabda Sakthi’(power of

sounds). All the sins will be washed off. Sri Ramayanam is on par with Vedas.

So just by reading Ramayan, its power eliminates rajas and thamas and

eradicates the papas. So it is 'holy' means a purifying element. 'Pa:paghnam'

means remover of pa:pa:s. Papas are those which hamper one’s progress to

reach the punyalo:kas, thwart one’s efforts to attain Bhagavan, and spoil the

scope to enjoy the comforts in this world. When one suffers in this world due

to his earlier birth’s pa:pa, if he repeats some manthras, the effect of that

papa would be nullified and he would get some comfort. Similarly, if one

reads SriRamayanam either fully or atleast some sargas, the papas that do not

allow him to be happy in this world and the papas that would obstruct his

progress to attain the A:nandaswaru:pa Bhagavan' to enjoy the permanent bliss

will be eradicated. For those who have brahmajna:na, they say, the sanchita

papas and a:g:mi papas will be eradicated.

 

Sri:ra:ma:yanam has such enormous power. There is no doubt to state that those

who read Ramayana daily will be relieved of their ‘pra:chi:na papas’ and

attain Bhagavan. Vedas ordain one to practise some particular things to attain

and enjoy some upper lokas, That is called punya (good karma).The bliss one

achieves with the right practice, with the acquisition of jna:na, and with the

ardent bhkthi can be attained by Sri:ra:ma:yanam alone.

 

Jaisrimannarayana!

Ramanujamma Mudumbai,Ramanujadasi.