Final Day of Srimath Sundara KaaNDa NavAham : sargams 61-68(253 slOkmas ) and Sri Raama PattAbhishEkam (121 SlOkams).
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• April 12, 2000
Dear Sri Raama BhakthAs: There are 8 Sargams for today's paarAyaNam . These are: (1) Sargam 61: Madhuvana BhanjanaM/The destruction of king SugrIvan's Madhu Vanam by the army of monkeys (2) Sargam 62: VanapAla PradharshaNam/The intoxicated monkeys attacking the guards of Madhuvanam (3) Sargam 63: Madhuvana Bhanga nivEdhanam/ The transmittal of the news about the destruction of his beautiful Madhuvanam to King SugrIvan and latter's deduction that HanumAn must have succeded in his mission to LankA . (4) Sargam 64: HanumadhAdhyaagamanam/The arrival of HanumAn and retinue at Sugrivan's court in presence of Sri Raaman and LakshmaNan (5) Sargam 65: ChUDAmaNi pradhAnam:/HanumAn presenting the ChUDAmaNi from Seethaa PirAtti to Sri Raaman (6) Sargam 66: SeethAbhaNitha praschna:/RaamA requests HanumAn to describe the message given by SeethA (7) Sargam 67: SeethAvachanAnuvAdha:/ HanumAn describing in detail the message from Seethai and Her appeals for rescue by Her Lord (8) Sargam 68: SeethA SamAsvAsana Kathanam/HanumAn briefing Sri Raaman on how he consoled Seetha during Her time of distress at LankA. The 61st and the 62nd Sargams deal with the exhuberant behavior of joyous monkeys at Madhu Vanam , a royal sanctuary that belonged exclusively to SugrIvan and his ancestors .It was protected by Dadhimukhan , the father-in-law of SugrIvan. Elated by the heartening news that HanumAn brought back from LankA , the monkey chieftains were in a mood for celebration .They fell over each other to drink the honey from the honey combs at the well manicured pleasure garden , gorged themselves with the fruits and jumped happily from tree to tree. They became intoxicated and got into fight with each other and the guards of Madhuvanam (Sargam 62). During this process , they destroyed the pleasure gardens .Dadhimukan was overwhelmed by the drunken monkeys , who had gotten permission from HanumAn and the elders to enjoy themselves and were engaged in ravaging the fruit and flower garden of King SugrIvan. Dadhimukan decided to fly to SugrivA's side and let him know about the uncontrollable behavior of the monkeys at Madhu Vanam (Sargam 63). Sugrivan heard the report and quickly concluded that his army would not behave in this fashion unless there was extremely auspicious news that HanumAn had succeeded in his misison to LankA. RaamA and LakshmaNA were seated right next to Sugrivan . Latter shared his thoughts with Raamaa and LakshamNA , who became elated over Sugrivan's conclusions ( SruthvA karNa sukhaam VaaNeem Sugriva VadhanAcchyuthAm). Now Dadhimukan jumped from the top of the mountain where Sugrivan was and landed back in Madhuvanam and told HanumAn about Sugrivan's eagerness to meet with him (HanumAn)(Sargam 64). Latter deduced that the time had come for all of them to leave Madhuvanam and reach the side of Raama, LakshmaNa and Sugrivan to report on the most auspicious news of finding SeethA at LankA. As the flotilla of monkeys in the sky approached the paeak on which Sugrivan was seated, Sugrivan concluded that SeethA has been seen by none other than HanumAn ( dhrushtA dEvi na sandEhO nachAnyEna HanUmathA)of extraordinary valour . Meanwhile , HanumAn landed right next to RaamAn with the proclamation : " dhrushtA dEvI ". That announcement by HanumAn was received by Raaman and LakshmaNan as the equivalent of amrutham. HanumAn now prostrated before the royal brothers from AyOdhyA and his own king (Sargam 65)and described in detail about his finding SeethA and the events thereafter, after bowing in the direction of SethA at Lankai.Next HanumAn presented RaamA with the ChooDAmaNi that SeethA sent through him to her Lord.That MaNi srEshtam was received by RaamA with great affection and sorrow.HanumAn passed on the appeal of SeethA to her Lord to come and rescue Her within a month from RaavaNA's prison. Raaman's desire to hear SeethA's words was insatiable. He requested HanumAn to tell him more about his(HanumAn's) conversations so that He (RaamA)can keep alive: yEthEna khalu jeevishyE bhEshajEnAthurO yathA MadhurA MadhurAlAbhA kimAha mama BhAmini Sargam 66.14.2 and 15.1 In the 67th Sargam , HanumAn went over in great detail all the vrutthAnthams that SeethA told him including KaakAsura dhaNDanam at Chithrakootam. HanumAn concluded by saying that SeethA is holding on at AshOka vanam waiting for Her Lord's rescue and that She is observing Her PathivrathA dhramam scrupulously.Raaman was still eager to hear more about HanumAn's conversation.In the final sargam (68th) of Srimath Sundara KaaNDam , HanumAn continued narrating the words of consolation and comfort that he used to cheer up Seethai : nivruttha Vana vaasam cha thvayA saardhamarindhama abhishiktham AyOdhyAyAm kshipram dhrakshyasi Raaghavam Sargam 68.28 (meaning): Oh Devi! You are going to unite with Your Lord soon and see Him to Your heart's content as the One, who completed His vana Vaasam , the destroyer of Raavanan and as One ready to ascend the BhadrAsanam of Raghus with You at AyOdhyA . This final sargam of Sri Sundara KaaNDam concludes with the happy message of HanumAn mentioning that SeethA got consoled by these comforting words: TathO mayA vaagbhiradheenabhAshiNA SIVabhirishtAbhiraabhiprasAdhithA jagAma SAANTHIM mama MythilAthmajA tavApi sOkEna tathAabhipeeDithA Sargsam 68.29 The above slOkam is the concluding slOkam of Srimath Sundara KaaNDam and concludes on an auspicious note setting the stage as it were for the auspicious victory of RaamA at LankA and leading upto His travel with His dEvi by Pushpaka VimAnam to AyOdhya for His PattAbhishEkam . We will conclude this year's Sundara KaaNda navAham with the invocation of the traditional slOkams used at the conclusion of the nine day PaarAyaNam of Sri Raama charitham: Svasthi prajAbhya: paripaalayanthAm nyAayyEna maargENa mahIm mahIsa: gObrAhmaNEbhyO : subhamasthu nithyam lOkA samasthA: sukhinO bhavanthu--(1) kaalE varshathu parjanya: pruthvee sasya saalinee dEsOyam kshObharahithO BrahmaNAssanthu nirbhayA:--(2) aputhra: puthrina: santhu puthriNa; santhu pouthriNa: AdhanA: SadhanA: santhu jeevanthu SaradhAm Satham--(3) Charitham RaghunAthasya satha-kODi-pravistharam yEkaikamaksharam prOktham MahApAthaka-naasanam --(4) sruNvan RAAMAAYANAM bhakthyA ya: paadham padhamEva cha Sa yaathi BrahmaNa: sthAnam BrahmaNA pUjyathE sadha--(5) RaamAya RaambhadrAya RaamchandrAya vEdasE RaghunAthAya NaathAya SeethAyA: pathayE nama: --(6) YanmangaLam sahasrAkshE sarva devanamaskruthE vrutthranAsE samabhavath tatthE bhavathu MangaLam--(7) YanmangaLam SuparNasya vinathAakalpayath purA amrutham prArthayAnasya tatthE bhavathu Mangalam--(8) amruthOtathpaadhanE dhaithyAn ganthO Vajradharasya yath AdhithirmangaLam praadhAtthtE bhavathu MangaLam--(9) ThrInvikramAn prakramathO VishNuOramithatEjas: YadhAseenmangaLam Raama TatthE bhavathu MangaLam--(10) rithava: saagarA dhvipA VedhA lOkA disasccha tE MangaLAni MahAbAhO disanthu tava sarvadhA--(11) Sri Raamachandra: SrithapArijAtha : samastha KalyANa-guNAmbhurAsi: SeethA-mukhAmbOruha-sancharIka: NIRANTHARAM MANGALAM AATHANOTHU--(12) KaayEna VaachA manasEndhriyairvaa bhudhyAthmanA vaa prakruthE: svabhAvAth karomi yadhyath sakalam parasmai NAARAAYANAAYETHI SAMARPAYAAMI Sri Sundra KaaNDa NavAham sampUrNam . 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