Srimad Ramayana Tathva Deepika #69 Ba:la Ka:nda]

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Srimathe: Ramanujayanamaha!!

Jeeyar Thiruvadigale SaraNam!!

 

On reaching the riverbanks of Thamasa, delighted by the enchanting sight

of the river waters, spoke thus Valmiki to his disciple, “Bharadwa:ja:!

Keep that ‘kalasa’ on the ground. Give me my 'valkalam' (jute

loin-cloth) to take bath. I will take bath here in this river.” He gave

his guru the 'valkalam'. Valmiki is ‘jithe:ndriya’. He had conquered the

senses. He had no longing for ‘vishaya darSanam’. But in those vast

woods witnessing the Lord’s great craftsmanship, he walked along

watching the woods. There he saw a pair of ‘krouncha’ birds moving

together happily enjoying each other’s company.

 

There came a hunter. He is adept at doing evil. Not even caring the

presence of the ‘muni’ there, the hunter whose nature is just hating

the animals, killed one of them, the male krouncha bird. It fell to the

ground whirling. It was drenched in blood. Seeing its mate at the door

of death, the female bird started waling piteously. The rishi was a

‘dharma:thma’. He felt the pain of the shot of that arrow and the female

bird’s grief as if it hurt his body itself. Seeing the wailing bird he

spontaneously out poured thus:

 

“ma: niSha:da prathishtta:m thvam, agamaha Sa:Svathi: ssama:ha |

yath krouncha midhuna:de:kam, avadhi:h ka:mamo:hithaha ||”

 

‘Nisha:da: ! (hunter!) You killed the male bird engaged in making love

in the krouncha bird pair. So may you not last long in this world!’

 

These words came out unintentionally from Valmiki. He was a realized

soul having full control on his emotions. How come he was overcome by

this grief and cursed the hunter? Is it right? – We get these doubts!

 

(In the next posting...)

Jai Srimannarayana!

Ramanujamma Mudumbai, Ramanujadasi