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Ramanujamma Mudumbai • May 23, 2002 


Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha!
Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!

‘Sadaika Priyadarsana’ :

OneÂ’s appearance should be pleasing and delightful
to the onlookers. Animals are wild and ferocious
and are liked by some and disliked by others
whereas a human being should be a ‘sa:thwik’ and
visualize the ‘Ananda Swaru:pa Bhagava:n’ in
‘sarvabhu:tha:s’ and become pleasant for all people
around.

The ‘sa:thwik-guna’ leads to bliss. The ‘rajas’
gives rise to unhappiness and the ‘thamo:guna’
leads to grief and passion. If ‘sathwa guna’
dominates in a person, he will be always pleasing
to all. SriRamachandra was pleasing not only to
human beings but also to animals, trees and rivers.

After Va:liÂ’s death, his wife Tha:ra, came to
SriRama to accuse him for killing her husband but
surprisingly her anger cooled off on SriRamaÂ’s
darshan and she started praising Him:

“thvama prame:yascha dura:sadascha.”

Surpanakha whose nose and ears are cut off by
Lakshmana went to her brother Khara to complain
about SriRama but with her heart filled with glee
at SriRamaÂ’s darshan her intention was forgotten
and on the contrary started describing his
Divine beauty (saundaryam):

“tharunau roopa sampannau
pundari:ka visa:la:kshou !”

So Ramachandra is a ‘sadaika priyadarshana’.
He had proved that a human being should cultivate
this feature. Every substance here consists of the
three qualities sathwam, rajas and thamas.
If there is only ‘sathwam’ with no ‘rajas’ or
‘thamas’ that person is wonderful and pleasant
always. In all the things in this universe,
‘rajas’ or ‘thamas’ would be alternating and
causing unhappiness or grief but they never give
pleasure. But in SriRamachandra there is only
‘sathwam’ and there are no traces of ‘rajasthamas’.
His darshan is just‘priyam’ for all and forever and ever.
His darshan is just ‘priyam’ for all and forever
and ever.


To be continued...

Jaisrimannarayana!
Ramanujamma Mudumbai

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