Sri Raama Navami Navaaham: Fifth day (April 8): Sargams27-33( 201 slOkams)
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• April 8, 2000
oDear Sri Raama BhakthAs : In today's navaaham , seven sargams will be covered: 1) Sargam 27: ThrijaDA's svapna:/the dream of Thrijadai, the daughter of VibhishaNan 2) Sargam 28:udhbhandhana vyavasAya:/SeethA PirAtti's attempt to take Her life by hanging 3) Sargam 29: Subha sakunAni/the appearance of auspicious signs 4) Sargam 30: SeethA samAsvAsana nirdhAraNam / HanumAn's decision to comfort SeethA 5) Sargam 31: Sri Raama VrutthAntha kathanam/ the recital of the magnificent story of RaamA 6) Sargam 32: SeethA HanUnmath Darsanam/ SeethA seeing HanUmAn for the first time 7) Sargam 33: HanUmajjAnakI samvAdha upakrama:/ The begining of the speech by HanUman to console SeethA PirAtti. The largest sargam in the fifth day's PaarAyaNam is the 27th one with 65 slOkams , where the daughter of VibhIshaNan describes the powerful dream that she had during the Brahma muhUrtham (early morning hours) after RaavaNA's visit to cajole and threaten SeethA PirAtti. ThrijaDai is the daughter of the one righteous member of RaavaNA's immediate family , VibhIshaNan . She describes to the assembled RaakshasIs the portentous dream that she had just before sunrise and cautioned them about the auspicious omens relating to SeethA and the most dreadful omens relating to the death of RaavaNA and the destruction of LankA and its citizens in abattle between RaamA and RaavaNA . In our siddhAntham , Svapnams are created by Isvaran and not by Jeevan . Thrijadai was the medium through which the shape of things to come were conveyed by Isvaran . The dream had content , which fitted exactly with the svapnAdhyAyams . In the first part of the svapnam , ThrijaDai saw Sri Raaman and LakshmaNan arriving in a celestial vimAnam made of ivory and borne by thousands of Swans .They wore white flower garlands and were clad in white vasthrams.They travelled towards SeethA and Sri RaamA invited Her to sit together with Him on the back of the elephant . SeethA sat on the lap of Her Lord and a little later , She jumped from Her Lord's lap and rached out to grab the Sun and the Moon in Her hands.After travel on the elephant's back for some time, they arrived over LankA. Two slOkams from svapnAdhyAyam (not from RaamAyanam) helps to intrepret the subha and apasakunams that Thrijadai saw in her dream that she shared with the fellow raakshasIs guarding SeethA PirAtti : aarOhaNam gOvrusha kunjarANAm prAsAda sailAgra vanaspathInAm vishtAnulEpO rudhitham mrutham cha svapnEshvagamya gamanam cha DHANYAM Adithya manDalamvaapi Chandra maNDalamEvavaa svapnE gruhNAthi hasthAbhyAm mahath rAjyam samApnuyAth The first slOkam states that riding on the back of elephants, Cow or a Bull to the peak of mountains wearing white garments is very auspicious omen. Similarly , reaching out and grabbing the Sun and the Moon in one's hands is another powerful auspcious omen indicating the winning of a kingdom (Second slOkam ). She next saw Sri Raaman with His brother and wife riding in a northerly direction in Pushpaka VimAnam. In the second part of her dream , Thrijadai saw RaavaNan wearing red garments and alari flower garlads and lying on the floor.She saw RaavaNan next riding a donkey and being thrown on the ground by that donkey.The brother of RaavaNan, KumbhakarNan rode on the back of a camel and his son, Indrajith riding on the back of a crocodile .All of them were dressed in red and were travelling in the southerly direction .She saw death and destruction everywhere in LankA and mansions on fire started by a monkey. These are the most powerful inauspicious signs of RaavaNA and his kingdom being destroyed by RaamA . ThrijaDai explained this extraordinary dream to her fellow jailors and asked them to ask for the forgiveness of SeethA for the trespasses to save their lives : tadhalam krUra vaakyairva: sAnthvamEvaabhidheeyathAm abhiyAchAma VaidEhImEtaddhi mama rOchatE Sargam 27.54 (Meaning): Enough of your fierce and threatening words to Seethai ; please speak with affection to Her.Let us beg Her to have dayA on us .That is the right thing to do in my opinion. ThrijaDai continues with her narration and points out to the fellow Raakshasis that SeethA PirAtti alone can save them from the great danger due to Her enormous power and anugraha sakthi ( alamEshA parithrAthum RaakshasyO mahathO bhayAth..Sargam 27.57).ThrijaDai concludes that she sees victory ofr Raama, SeethA's union with Her Lord and the destruction of RaavaNA and his kingdom: artha siddhim thu VaidhEhyA: pasyAmyaham upasthitham raakshasEndra vinAsam cha vijyam Raaghavasya cha Sargam :27.60 In the 28th sargam , SeethA stricken by sorrow cries out for Her Lord , Her brother-in-law and other relatives as She is about to committ suicide : Haa Raama Haa LakshmaNa Haa sumithrE Haa Raama Maatha: saha mE jananyA I yEshA vipathsyAmham alpabhAgyA mahArNavE nouriva mUDavAthA II ..Sargam 28.8 (meaning): Oh RaamA ! Oh LakshmaNA ! Oh SumithrE! Oh Mother of my Lord ! Oh KousalyE ! I was blessed to be with You all even if it was not too long . Alas ! I am going to die here destroyed like a ship caught up in a cyclone in the middle of a deep ocean. Now SeethA PirAtti approiaches the SimsApA tree on which HanumAn was sitting and tries to hang Herself with Her own own braid .She began to meditate with immense concentration on Her Lord and family . At that time, SeethA PirAtti experienced many auspicious sakunams like the ones She experiences at the time of Her Svayamvaram at Mithilai. The 29th sargam with only 8 slOkams describes these auspicious sakunams ( Subha Nimitthams). Her left eye brow twitched . The left hand and thigh also twitched to indicate that many auspicious events are about to happen.SeethA pirAtti's sorrows were lightened as a result of these experiences . At this important juncture, HanumAn , who was a silent witness to all the happenings around SeethA PirAtti --RaavaNA's visit , his inappropriate behavior towards a pathivrathai, his threats and the raakshasI's threats as well as ThrijaDai's description of her dream -- decided to introduce himself as a messenger form Her Lord and to comfort Her with the good news on RaamA's well being and His gnawing anxiety for Her safety and well being .HanumAn gave considerable thought to the most appropriate method of introducing himself and to assure SeethA that he was a genuine ambassador from RaamA's side and not a demon from RaavaNA's court in disguise . The nava vyAkaraNa paNdithar , HanumAn chose exquisite words to introduce himself and gained the confidence of SeethA about his (HanumAn's) credentials as the messenger bringing news from Her Lord. In fourteen moving slOkams , HanumAn described the charithram of RaamachandrA and His family with great Bhakthi that touched SeethA's heart. She was overcome by joy over the aanandha anubhavam of listening to the Raama KathA .All along , HanumAn's voice alone was heard by SeethA coming from the tree above Her . In the thirty second sargam, SeethA finally caught sight of the messenger in the form of a monkey sitting on the branch of the simsupA tree reciting the story of Her Lord . This is also a short sargam with just 14 slOkams. In the thirty third sargam, HanumAn came down gently from the tree and began to converse with SeethA as the RaakshasIs were sleeping .HanumAn asks SeethA about Her identity for confirmation and Jaanaki MaathA replied: duhithA JanakasyAham VaidEhasya MahAthmana: SeethA cha naama naamnaaham BhAryA Raamasya Dheematha: (meaning): I am SeethA , the daughter Janaka MahArAja, the mahAthmA from VidEha dEsam. I am the wife of the buhddhimAn, Sri Raamachandran.She describes Her marriage, the happenings in AyOdhyA prior to vana vAsam , the abduction bty the evil Raavanan and decalres that She can not bear even one more moment of separation from Her dear Lord.That sets the stage for AnjanEyar to breif SeethA on the KshEma samAchArams about Her Lord and His state of mind over seperation from His dear consort(34th Sargam ). Sri Raamachandra parabrahmaNE nama: Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAi SadagOpan in svargam . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-Earn 300 Points from MyPoints.com for trying @Backup Get automatic protection and access to your important computer files. 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