Sri Suadrshan 's Fourth widow of Ayodhyaa postings.
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• May 4, 1997
Dear Sri Sudarshan : First of all , thanks very much for your unique and rich narration related to the great sorrow of Sri Ramaa in DandakAraNyam over the plight of His dear brother. As always , your narrative skills , rich vocabulary , attention to details on describing a scene and the skills in teasing without revealing who this fourth widow was until the last section of the last posting have been exemplary. Regarding your concerns as to whether you mightb have taken liberty with the facts related to the situation that you were describing , you do not need to worry too much about it. You seem to be in the august company of Swami Desikan here . Our great achAryA created a Kaavyam revered as Hamsa sandesam , where he deals with an imaginary situation about what happened after Hanumaan had returned from LankhA after finding Sitaa piratti there and bringing the good news of seeing her in Asokha vanam . Hamsa Sandesam modeled after the Mega sandesam of the immortal poet KaLi Daasa is known as a misra kaavyam , since it takes incidents described by Sage Vaalmiki in Srimadh RaamaayaNam and blends them with the poetic imagination of Swami Desikan . According to Hamsa Sandesam , Sri Raama is said to have received " the good news " about the whereabouts of his dear consort from Hanumaan in autumn(Saradh Ruthu ). He is said to have had a restless night . Next morning , He saw a beautiful swan on a pond near him and requested it to go to Lankhaa as his messenger to Sitaa Piraatti . The Vyaakyaana karthaas of Valmiki RaamAyaNam like Govindaraajaa and Tilak have established rigorously from Srimadh RaamayaNam that Hanumaan returned from Lankhaa on Panguni Uttaram day ( Vasantha Ruthu ) and conveyed the message of Sitaa Piratti to Sri Raamaa and He started on His journey immediately for the destruction of RavaNaa and recovery of Sitaa Devi during day time . He is said to have reached the sea shore same day . Thus , the version of Swami Desikan selecting Autumn instead of Panguni month in Vasantha Ruthu as the time of receipt of the message of Hanumaan is inconsistent with the facts established by the commentators. Again , the timing of the journey is also inconsistent with the version of Valmiki. According to Hamsa sandesam , Raama spent a restless night and was greatly affected by the autumn full moon and suffered. Valmiki describes the start of Raamaa's journey during the day immediately after getting Hanumaan"s message. The Kalpanaa of Swami Desikan sets the scene in a different way . The most important feature of this Kaavyam is that it is a poem " Where God Himself praises and Goddess Herself is the object of praise " . It has been pointed out that Sitaa Piratti dwelt at length the anantha KalyANa guNams of Her Lord in Sundara Khaandam and Valmiki did not give much space to Rama"s adoration of and love for His dear consort. It has been suggested that Swami Desikan wanted to mkae amends and let Raamaa speak at length on " the beauty, righteousness , and the excellent qualities of head and heart of Sitaa " in Hamsa Sandesam . The variations from " the PramaaNams " of the Ithihaasam become secondary here inview of the loftiness of the subject . Bharathaa was equally dear to Raamaa . Hence any celebration of Bharathaa , who worshipped the Paadhukhaas of the Lord and served as the representative of those holy Divya MaNi PaadhukhAs during his brother's exile is an auspicious occasion and is fit for reflection on Sri Rama Navami day . Congratulations and Best Wishes for continued contributions of such articles on Bhagavadh Charitham . V. Sadagopan
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