Sri Sundara KaaNDa NavAham:Sixth day ( April 9 ): Sargams 34-40 ( 390 SlOkams).
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• April 9, 2000
Dear Raama BhakthAs: Today we will cover the slOkams from seven more sargams of Sundara KaaNDam . (1) KshEma VrutthAntha Kathanam/Announcement of the KshEma samaachArams about Sri Raama- LakshmaNALs. (2) VisvAsOthpAdhanam/Generation of Trust in SeethA PirAtti by AnjanEyar (3) AngUlyakaprAdhAnam/Giving the ring etched with RaamA's name to Seethai by HanumAn. (4) VisvarUpa darsanam/HanumAn demonstrating his visvarUpam (5) Vaayasa vrutthAntha kathanam/ Description of the KaakAsura episode at ChithrakUtam (6) SeethA SamAsvAsanam/Consoling Seethai (7) HanUmathprEkshaNam/ Saying farewell to HanumAn by Seethai Among today's paarAyaNa sargams are two (36th and 38th ) , which have been specially recommended for conferral of certain benefits for those , who recite these two sargams . For instance , the recitation of the 36th slOkam is recommended for anyone, who is separated from relatives . It should be read both in the morning and evening. Fruits should be offered to the Lord at the end of the paarAyanam . The recitation of the 38th sargam is traditionally recommended for removal of BhagavathApachArams . The thirty Fourth sargam ************************* HanumAn starts his message to Seethai by introducing himself as a Raama dhUthan: aham Raamasya sandhEsAth dEvi dhUthastavAgatha: VaidEhi KusalI RaamasthvAm cha kousalam abhraveeth Sargam 34.2 (meaning): Oh Devi! I have arrived here on command from Sri Raaman to serve as His dhUthan(messenger). Oh VaidEhI ! Raaman is well. He asked me to inquire about your well being. SeethA PirAtti was thrilled to hear about the well being of Her Lord and brother-in-law and that news set Her mind at peace. She relaxed and developed trust in HanumAn( parasparENa chaalAbham visvasthau thau prachakrathu:). As HanumAn approached near Her, SeethA PirAtti had a sudden suspicion that it was RaavaNan himself , who is standing before Her as a monkey in the guise of a Raama dhUthan. A shiver went thru Her body and She decided to cut Her conversation with HanumAn , who in turn was confused by this turn of events. He decided that the only way out of that impasse was to recite the Raama Charithra kathanam through an exquisite eulogy of the glories of SeethApathi : Aadhithya iva tEjasvi lOkakAntha: SasI yatha RaajA Sarvasya lOkasya DhEvO VaisravaNO YathA vikramENOpapannasccha yathA Vishnur mahAyasa: SathyavAdhI madhuravaagdEvO VachaspathiryathA roopavAn subhaga: SrImAn kandharpa iva moorthymAn sthAnakrOdha: praharthA cha srEshtO lOkE MahAratha: BaahucchAyAm avashtaBdhO yasya lOkO mahaathmana: Sargam 34.28-30 (meaning): Sri Raamachandran has the lustre of Aadhithyan (Sun God); He cools all the universe with His dayA guNam as Chandran; He is the Lord of the Universe (posssessor of great wealth) like KubEran; In valour , He is comparable to MahA VishNu. He always speaks the truth. His words are sweet. In His skills of conversation , He is equal to the dEva guru, Brahspathi. In soundharyam (beauty) He equals Manmathan. He is the embodiment of MahA BhAgyams . He will get angry on appropriate occasions . He is a destroyer of His foes thereafter. He is the most skilled warrior.The whole world has sought the refuge of His powerful hands and rests there comfortably. Such are the attibutes of my Lord , Sri Raamachandran. HanumAn continued: nithyam smarathi RaamasthvAm sasugrIva: salakshmaNa: ( Sri Raamabhadran comforted by Lakshmanan and SugrIvan thinks of you every moment ). After hearing these words of HanumAn describing the KalyANa guNams of Her Lord, SeethA's fears were banished. She was heartened to know that the love of Her Lord has not diminished with time and She became tranquil. She became eager to hear more about Her Lord and Lakshmanan. She asked HanumAn to describe to Her in more detail the beautiful limbs and auspicious attributes of Her Lord to strengthen Herself. HanumAn was very happy to reflect upon the beauty and anantha kalyANa guNams of his Lord , the consort of SeethA Piratti. Through fourteen exquisite slOkams of the 35th sargam ( SlOkmas 8-21) , HanumAn described the soundharya(sAmudrikA) lakshaNams and the aathma guNams of Sri Raamachandran to the utter delight of SeethA's heart. Through the rest of the 69 slOkams of the 35th sargam , HanumAn continued with the story of how his king , Sugrivan and himself met Sri RaamA and LakshmaNA for the first time, the pact made between SugrIvA and RaamA to free SugrIvan from the torments of Vaali , the promise made by SugrIvan to help find SeethA , RaamA's unquenchable sorrow over the separation from SeethA ,his(HanumAn's) jumping over the ocean to LankA in search of SeethA as a result of the tip from SampAthi ( AruNan's son)and HanumAn concluded with the statement: abhibhAshasva maam Devi dhUthO DaasarathEraham tamm Maam RaamakruthOdhyOgam tvannimittham ihAgatham Sargam 35.72.2 and 73.1 (Meaning): Oh Devi! (I have told you truthfully every thing).Please speak to me.I am indeed the Messenger of RaamA, the son of DasarathA. Please recognize me as the One engaged in service to RaamA and as One , who has arrived here on your behalf and as the minister of SugrIvan and as Vaayu puthran . I am not to be misunderstood as MaayAvi RaavaNan in disguise to delude You . Next , HanumAn gave SeethA pirAtti , the ring with the inscription of "RaamA " that RaamA had entrusted him with .This 36th chapter dealing with the giving of Ring to SeethA is aptly named "AngulIyaka PradhAna Sargam ".This ring sanctified by sage YaagynavalkyA played a key role in the praNaya Kalaham between Lord RaamachandrA and Seetha that was known only to them . SeethA received the sacred ring of Her Lord and felt as though She had Her Lord in Her embrace. She conceded that Raaman will never ask anyone to execute a task without due examination of their fitness to accomplish the assigned task .Hence, She stated that she fully trusted HanumAn and directed a volley of questions at him about the well being of Raama out of Her most tender feelings for Her Lord.These slOkams ( Sargam 36.15-29) are known as the kascchinn slOkams. An example of these slOkams is: kascchin mithrANi labhathE mithraiscchApyabhigamyathE? Kascchith kalyANa mithrasccha mithraiscchApi puraskrutha: ? Sargam 36.18 (Meaning): Does my Raaman acquire friends? Is He visited by His friends? Does He have freinds , who have good will towards Him ? Is He well regarded by these friends and not abandoned by them ? SeehtA pirAtti, Our Jaanaki MaathA describes Her unparalleled relationship with Her Lord in another moving slOkam that pulls at our heart strings: na chAsya MaathA na PithA cha Naanya: snEhaath visishtOathi mayA samO vaa tAvatthvaham dhUtha jijIvishEyam yaavath pravrutthim sruNuyAm priyasya Sargam 36.30 (Meaning ): Oh Raama DhUtha! For My Lord Raamachandran, there is no one ( father, mother or anyone else) , who can equal or excell me in friendship and love.As long as I hear about my dear One's kshEmam , I will keep myself alive. Aadhi Kavi VaalmIki salutes these revelatroy words as those with "Mahaartham " or profound in meaning. HanumAn's answers to the many questions of SeethA Devi about Her husband's status are equally moving. MalayEna cha VindhyEna MeruNA mandharaNE cha DhardhurENa cha tE Devi SapE moola BhalEna cha Kshipram Dhrakshyasi VaidEhi Raamam PrasravaNe girou Sathakrathum-ivAseenam naaga-prushatsya moordhani Sargam 36.38& 40 (Meaning ): I swear by the name of of the sacred Mandhara , Malaya , DhardhUra, VindhyA and Meru mountains that You are going to have the darsana soubhAgyam of Your Lord seated now on top of the Prasravana parvatham , reminding one of Indran seated majesticaly in his abode at svarga lOkam. In the 37th sargam , HanumAn comforts SeethA pirAtti about the nearness of Sri RaamA's arrival in LankA to rescue Her and unite with Her .HanumAn even offered to give SeethA a ride on his back to prasravaNa parvatham to unite Her with his Lord. SeethA pirAtti wondered how a monkey of small frame standing in front of Her could dare to trasport Her across the huge immense of the ocean. HanumAn responded to her doubts and showed his Visva roopam. He grew to great heights and towered over all things around him all the way up to the sky. Then he shrank his visva roopam. SeethA pirAtti then shared with HanumAn the real reasons for Her rejection of HanumAn's offer to carry Her back to safety to Her Lord's side. bharthru bhakthim puraskruthya RaamAdhanyasya vaanara na SprusAmi sarIram thu pumsO vaanarapungava Sargam 37.60 (Meaning): Oh Great Vaanaram ! In view of my pathivrathA dharmam , I will not ouch any one's body other than that of my Lord . HanumAn apologized for his ardour to help SeethA PirAtti and unite her with her lord through the offer to carry Her on his back across the ocean and saluted Her observance of PathivrathA dharmam . This sargam concludes with SeethA piraatti's ardent appeal to HanumAn to hasten RaamA to Her side and thereby eliminate all Her unbearable sorrows. The 38th sargam deals with an incident known only to Raaman and Seethai , which happened during their stay at ChithrakUtam mountains.She shares it with HanumAn to convince RaamA about the veracity of His messenger finding Her at LankA and also to tease Her Lord about His lack of action in rescuing Her through dispatch of BrahmAsthram that was sent after the offending KaakAsuran at ChitrakUtam .She pleaded with HanumAn that Her Lord should arrive at LankA and rescue Her before the two months time limit set by RaavaNA to possess Her or to destroy Her. At this juncture , SeethA pirAtti took the chUDamaNi ( special gem studded ornament ) that She used to wear in her happier days and gave it to HanumAn to take it back to her Lord as a token of affection and insignia of Her love for Her Lord. HanumAn received that MaNirathnam with humility and reverence and made a pradakshiNam around SeethA pirAtti and offered his deep salutations. In the 39th sargam , HanumAn comforts SeethA further and asserts that the end of RaavaNA was fast approaching and that RaamA and LakshmaNA will soon be in LankA to destroy the evil RaavaNA and to rescue His dear Consort . In the fourtieth sargam, SeethA pirAtti blesses HanumAn for success in concluding his mission and bids him farewell .HanumAn's state of mind is described in the last slOkma of today's PaarAyanam: sa Raajaputhr^yA prathivEdhithArtha: Kapi: kruthArtha: ParihrushtachEthA: alpAvasEsham prasamIkshya Kaaryam disam hudhIchIm mansA jagAma.. Sargam 40.24 (meaning): HanumAn , who understood well the message of SeethA to her dear husband considered himself as a kruthArthan (one who has been blessed to have fulfilled his assigned task by Lord Raamachandran ) and became elated over the developments since he landed in LankA . He focused his attention now on the insignificant small things to attend prior to returning to the side of RaamA. His mind wandered towards the northern direction , where RaamA was waiting anxiously for his return with the news on his mission to LankA. Sri Raamachandra ParabrahmaNE nama: Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan Sixth Day of NavAham on Sundara KaaNDam ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 72% off on Name brand Watches! Come and buy today and get free shipping! http://click.egroups.com/1/2712/2/_/716111/_/955346764/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@eGroups.com Visit http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/ for more information
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