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Ramanujamma Mudumbai • Sat Apr 13 2002 - 04:27:27 PDT 


Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha!
Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale saranam!
CHITRA BHA:NU SAMVATSARA SUBHA:KA:NKSHALU!

With best wishes on uga:di, praying
Lord SriRamachandra to bless us all to serve
our Acharya in a much better and united way in
spreading our Sri Ramanuja Siddhantham
Sri Raghunandana parabrahmane: namaha!


Va:lmiki asked,"who is the veeryavan?”

‘Vika:ra’ means ‘ change’ or ‘transformation’.There may
be various reasons to get affected by our surroundings
or situations. Not to be disturbed (vika:ram) by any
such things is ‘veeryam’ The Lord is all pervading. He
is present in all the animate and the inanimate, in
the meanest of the mean. He is present in all the
substances that abound with ‘rajas’ and ‘thamas’.
Still He is never touched by any of these qualities.
He is always a Pu:rna with all the kalyana gunas. He
is always radiant with the supreme ‘jnana’ and extreme
‘ananda’. A human being should also be a ‘veeryava:n’
like that who can mix with all others without any ego.
(with sausi:lyam .) One should not allow one’s samska:ra
to be affected even while among the creatures with
mean qualities. One should not stay away from others
with ego and at the same time one should not be changed
staying with them. Even when we face a volatile situation,
our mind should be strong and undisturbed. SriRama
fought with fourteen thousand demons alone with a strong
and stable mind. .

This is the second necessary quality for any human being .

Dharmajna:

One who knows and practices dharma is a ‘dhamajna’.
Dharma is a means for eternal bliss. It is of two types:
‘Sa:ma:nya dharma’ and ‘Vishe:sha dharma’.
Striving for others’ happiness in the society and in
turn finding pleasure in their joy is ‘sa:ma:nya dharma.’
A son’s duty towards his father is to keep him happy by
behaving in a way that satisfies him and serving him as
per his wish and be able to derive pleasure from his
father’s happiness. Keeping the ‘devatha:s’ happy by
performing ‘yagnas’ and ‘ya:gas’ is ‘pa:ralaukika dharma’.
These two dharmas come under ‘sa:ma:nya dharma’.
For ‘Parama:thma’ these souls and ‘prakrithi’ are like
His Divine Body. The human beings should remember the
fact that they are ordained by the Lord to do only His
service but not to work independently towards their own
selfish ends and offer every act of theirs’ to Him as
His service and for His happiness. This is ‘vishe:sha dharma’.
Human beings should know these two dharmas. SriRama behaved
in such a manner that gave happiness to his father, mother,
brothers, elders and friends. This gave him immense joy.
SriRama pleased the devatha:s by performing ‘yagnas’ and
‘yagas’.(rituals and sacrifices) He performed his duties
according to the God ‘s wish and favour. So SriRamachandra
is a ‘dharmajna’.

SriRama is a ‘dharmajna’ not only as a ‘nara’(human being)
but as the  ‘Para’(Lord) too….

Bhagavan’s main dharma is ‘srishti sthithi laya’ and
protection. Protecting those who surrender unto him ignoring
however they may be is His dharma. This is only ‘parathva’.

To be continued .............

Jai Srimannarayana!
Ramanujamma Mudumbai
Ramanuja dasi.

CHITRA BHA:NU SAMVATSARA SUBHA:KA:NKSHALU!


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