Srimad Ramayana Tathva Deepika #72 Ba:la Ka:nda]

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Srimathe Ramanujayanamaha!

Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!!

 

Ravana was seen in the bird that was ridden with passion and fell to the

ground. Sri Rama was visualized in nisha:da. The scene of Mando:dari

grieving for felled Ravana resembled the instance of the krounchi

wailing for her mate.

Valmiki did ‘mangala:Sa:sanam’ for Sri Ramachandra.

 

‘ma: nisha:da! Sriyah pathi:! Sreeniva:sa:!

‘Ma:’ = Sree.

Nisha:da = niva:sa (dwells)

Ma:nisha:da = Sri:niva:sa!

Addressed Sri:niva:sa thus. In the beginning it looks as if “ma” and

“nisha:da” are different words. Now both look as a single word.

 

Thvam = you

Krouchamidhuna:th = in the demon couple

Ka:mamo:hitham = blinded by lust and passion

Ae:kam = the one male

Avadhi:h = ( you) killed

So, thvam = you

SaSvathi:h sama:h = for ever

Prathishtta:m = standing

Agamaha = (you) attain. Thus Valmiki did the mangala:Sasanam to Sri

Ramachandra.

 

‘Krouncham’ is a bird. It is small. Walks crookedly. So it is called

‘kroucham’. The dha:thu ‘krunch’ means ‘koutilyam’ meaning crookedness;

and ‘alpi:bhavam’ meaning mean-mindedness. Thus there are two meanings

for the word krouncha.

a) krunch = koutilyam = crookedness

b) krunch = alpathvam = mean mindedness

 

 

The demons’ nature is ‘kutilam’. They are both crooked and mean minded.

Such ra:kshasa couple was Mando:dari and Ra:vana – among whom the male

struck with lust was killed by Sri Rama. Thus the inner meaning appears

as- Valmiki sang mangalam to Sri Ramachandra for accomplishing the task

of the celestials and for taking care of the well being of the world.

 

A literary work that has an outer meaning and another inner meaning

hidden - that does not distort the exterior meaning and powerful enough

to evolve our a:thma and manas - is called a ‘ka:vyam’. In this the

meaning of the Upanishad is delineated. Our a:thma means the ‘ji:va’.

This is imprisoned in the body called ‘lanka’ by the manas called

‘ra:vaNa’. As soon as a:thma gets the connection with the manas, the

purest a:thma gets ‘alpathvam’. These qualities will be got by it

because of the connection with the ‘prakrithi’. The sathva, rajas and

the thamas are the three qualities that cause the change in the manas.

Thamoguna gives rise to fascination and sleep, rajo:guna causes grief

and temptation. Sathvam gives rise to radiance of a:thma and happiness;

jna:nam shines. In this body called ‘lanka’ there dwell three brothers.

The manas dominated by thamoguna is Kumbhakarna. The manas that is

dominated by rajas is Ravana. The manas that is dominated by sathvam is

Vibheeshana. These three are the three states of manas.

 

(In the next posting …)

Jai srimannarayana!

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