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Srimad Ramayana Tatthva Deepika - Ba:la Ka:nda (7)

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Ramanujamma Mudumbai • April 10, 2002 


Jai Srimannarayana!
Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!


Va:lmiki asked Na:rada:
Who is the gunava:n?

Though guna:s mean qualities, as Va:lmiki has questioned
who is the gunava:n, we can understand that, only one
quality can be regarded as a guna: (quality). That is
sausi:lyam. A person with a good character is a susi:la
and his dharma is 'sausi:lyam'. If a person who is
uncomparable to anyone with regard to his birth or
knowledge or wealth, mingles with all others, without any
inhibitions, is said to have sausi:lyam.

Sausi:lyam is defined as:
"mahataha manddaissaha ne:randhre:na samsle:shaha
sausi:lyam".


Though Rama was most superior by his birth, lineage,
knowledge and wealth he mixed with all others freely
never giving them a feeling of inferiority. This is
the main characteristic required for a human being. A
person without this quality need not be considered a
human being at all.

A common being feels that He (the soul) is his body and
attributes all the good things of his body to himself
and takes pride in them. This miscnoception is termed
as 'asurathvam'. 'Ma:navatvam' is NOT to take pride in
the greatness that has been blessed to one's body. This
quality ( ma:navatvam ) is the most essential requisite
for a human being.

SriRama belongs to the great royal lineage of Surya
(surya vamsam); a great scholar in all the Vedas and
upa-vedas like archery; a son of a great king of kings.
Nobody can match him in these, but his three dear
friends were such that one was a simple tribal boat man,
the second was not even a human being, a va:nara and
the third was a ra:kshasa (a demon). The first one was
Guha, the second one was sugri:va and the third was
vibhi:shana. When we observe how SriRamachandra
behaved or carried on with these three, we will
understand what this quality'sausi:lya' really is.

SriRamachandra along with Seetha and Lakshmana came to
Sringiberapuram, the village where Guha lived On the
banks of Riven Ganges while going to the forest.
Guha wanted to welcome SriRama offering arghya-pa:dyam
(water). SriRama goes forward to meet the approaching
Guha and tells him:
"archita:schaiva hrustha:scha",
"We have been worshipped. We are happy". The reason to
say that He had already received the worship before
being actually worshipped is:SriRama said,
"padbya: abhi ma:ga: chchaiva sne:ha sandarsane: nacha".
"Guha! You came forward walking to me. You showed great
love what more is required for a worship?". SriRama
embraces Guha and says "Oh, friend, you are dear to my
heart; you are a true friend to me."

Is Guha equal to SriRamachandra in any respect? But
SriRama regards him so, mingles with him without any
reservations and ackowledges the fact to the world.
That is Sausi:lya.


To be continued...

Jai Srimannarayana!
Ramanujamma Mudumbai

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Ramanuja dasi
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