Srimad Ramayana Tatvadeepika #68 (Ba:la Ka:nda)]

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Srimathe Ramanujayanamaha!

Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!

 

The sathva guna makes everything radiant. When sathva guna is

predominating whatever is there in the mind is not be hidden, but it

shines. Thamo:guna hinders one’s sight to view what is present in every

thing. It raises waves of lust and hate sky-high and drowns one in

grief. But sathva guna is pure and gives the vision to view anything

upto the ‘brahmam’ that lies therein. The waters of Tamasa are like the

manas of such a ‘sanmanushya’. This is the nature of Valmiki maharshi’s

manas. That’s why he is showing the river waters as the example. One who

wintnesses the entire universe as the divine body of the Lord will not

show any distinctions. If a thing or a bird or a person is one part of

the Lord then another will be another limb. Hence what ever pain one

part experiences will be felt by the other parts too. One who had

experienced this cannot bear to see others’ misery. Their heart bleeds

on seeing the instance of a leaf or a flower being plucked. They feel

unbearable to see anyone shedding tears or to see any person or an

animal bleeding. A person with such a state of mind is only regarded as

a ‘rishi’ Only such a rishi can become a ‘kavi’. One who can feel what

others experience and one who can describe what he has experienced is

‘Kavi’. Valmiki has become a rishi and he is going to be a ‘kavi’.

 

To be continued...

Jai Srimannarayana!

Ramanujamma Mudumbai, Ramanuja Dasi