Srimad Ramayana Tatva Deepika#76 (Ba:la Ka:nda)

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Srimathe Ramanujayanamaha!

Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!!

 

Valmiki Bhagavan and his disciples were spellbound. Later his disciples

started singing the sloka. Singing again and again they felt happy and

wondered, “This sloka can be divided into four pa:da:s and in every

‘pada’ there are eight letters.” As they went on repeating cheerfully it

became a sloka. Sloka means one which can be glorified repeatedly.

 

Valmiki who was visualizing Bhagavan in his mind felt he should author

the whole Ramayana in such slokas. Maharshi Valmiki ‘mananasi:la’ with a

benevolent heart, using the grand ‘vritthas’; meaningful words; hundreds

of pleasant verses with equal number of letters, composed Ramayan that

would boost the fame of the renowned , that would bestow ‘keerthi’ to

Sri Rama Himself who was famous all over the world.

 

Sri Ramayanam is the maha ka:vyam embedded with rich ‘sama:sam’,

sandhi:s and words as per the dictates of the sastras. It consists of

lines equal in length with clear and sweet meaning. It expounds the

legend of Rama, the renowned in the Raghuvamsa. It is being written by

‘me’ named Valmiki. In this, the episode of 'Dasakantta Ravana Vadha’

will be explained. You listen to that. No! You see that. As one listens

to it, the whole story appears clearly before the mind’s eye. So Sage

Valmiki said, “You see.”

 

Second sarga of Ba:la Ka:nda concluded.

Jai Srimannarayana!

Ramanujamma Mudumbai, Ramanuja Dasi