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Ramanujamma Mudumbai • Fri May 17 2002 - 08:45:37 PDT 


Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha!
Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!

Vidva:n - Jna:nam

Human beings should mainly have ‘jna:nam’.
SriRama learnt all the vedas, vedangas,
sasthras to the fullest extent and had a
perfect knowledge of all the martial arts
like archery etc. So He is a ‘vidva:n’.

SriRamachandra in spite of being a great
scholar of adorable ability was very humble.
Humility results from good education.

SriRama has been praised ,

“sarvasa:sathra:rdha thathvajnaha
smrithima:n prathibha:nava:n”

Knowing the sa:stra:s, grasping their meaning
and assimilating their ‘ththvam’ was possible
for SriRama. They should come to oneÂ’s memory
whenever needed. One should have the skill as
to utilize them judiciously. SriRama had this
exceptional caliber. Just knowing the sastras
is not enough for a human being. Contemplating
on them and implementing them as and when
required is necessary. This had been elucidated
to the world by SriRamachandra.

Bhagavan who is ‘Para’ is known as ‘sarvajna’.
He is also mentioned as ‘sarvavid’. He knows
everything in its entirety and He who knows
each one of them individually to the minutest
detail is ‘Bhagavan’ only. The thathva that
carries on the business of ‘srishti, sthithi,
laya’ is ‘Brahmam’. The quality ‘sarvajnathvam’
is required for this. He has to know the
various ‘karmas’ of all the ‘jeevas’ (souls),
their differences, into what bodies the
‘prakrithi’ should be changed to make them
undergo their ‘karma', What types of substances
to be created, which tools to be provided for
their experience of karma and what places to
be created for their experience. Thus He
provides 'bho:gya padhartha, bho:gyo:pakarana,
and bho:gastha:na'. So He is a 'sarvavid'.


To be continued...

Jaisrimannarayana!

Mudumbai Ramanujamma

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Ramanujadasi


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