Srimad Ramayana Tatthva Deepika - Ba:la Ka:nda (14)
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• May 8, 2002
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha! Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam! Hitham - (benign to all beings) One who aspires for ‘hitham’ of all the living beings and works for the same, is regarded as a human being. The 'de:vathas', the mankind, and both the plant and animal kingdoms are depending on a human being. One has to realize that ‘Parama:thma’ is present in all the ‘bhu:tha:s’ as ‘a:thma’ and has to love the whole universe as His Divine Body and work for the welfare of the universe. This is humanity. SriRamachandra was always pained to see any person suffering; not only his close people in Ayodhya but also any person anywhere. His grief for their miseries surpassed even their’s. vyasane:shu manushya:na:m bhrusam bhavathi duhkhithaha | uthsave:shu cha sarve:shu pithe:va parithushyathi || SriRama was distressed to see the suffering of others. He grieved for all alike. He never showed any discrimination. His agony for their woes was boundless. SriRama used to lament for his failure to protect them even though he had the capacity. His distress was just like a loving mother’s sorrow, who had failed to protect her dear baby from the danger in spite of her being there. His feelings were not limited for humans alone. He felt equally for all living things. In the forest, the bird, Jata:yuvu fought with Ravana who was abducting Seetha and was lying on the ground almost dead with his wings and legs cut off. Seeing the birds plight SriRama wept: “i:drisi:yam mama:lakshmi:hi nirdahe:dapi pa:vakam” - I am exiled. I have lost Seetha. Now I lost this bird too due to my misfortune. How powerful is my bad luck! My bad luck has the power to burn the fire too.” Thus wishing the welfare of all the beings and contributing for this cause, is ‘humanity’. SriRama cremated the body and performed other obsequies for the bird and awarded him ‘moksha'. Bhagavan as ‘para’ fulfils all the needs of all the ‘bhuthas’ and removes the obstacles in their path. He not only grants the worldly pleasures seeked by mankind but also awards the permanent abode 'moksham'.'hitham' indicates 'upa:ya' (means). Bhagavan is the means for the mankind's wordly happiness and the permanent, eternal bliss. Lord Krishna who mentioned that karma, jnana and bhakti as the means for 'moksha' said in the end of Srimad Bhagavadgita, "mame:kam saranam vraja" - always accept me as the means. So 'para' is the 'sarva bhu:ta hita kara'. SriRama showed how to project this quality as a human being through His practice. To be continue... Jaisrimannarayana! Mudumbai Ramanujamma ============= ramanuja dasi ============= _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Group Home: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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