Raghu Veera Gadhyam--Yuddha Khaandham: Part 1
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• November 29, 1996
indheevara dhaLa syAmam indhukotinibhaananam I kandharpa koti lAvaNyam vandEham Raghunandanam II Dear Members of the Bhakthi group: We now come to the Sixth and penultimate canto of Adi Kavi Valmiki"s Srimadh RAmAyaNam , which is known as the Yuddha KhAndham(YK). Here, Sri Rama's avathAra kAryam is executed and his heroism is fully demonstrated . Hence , the Gadhyam of Swami Desikan on the Raghu Veeran comes into full focus. The salutations of Swami Desikan echo here with the battle sounds majestically. There are a total of 29 salutaions related to YK of Swami Desikan's Raghuveera Gadhyam . Six of them consist of one or two words . I will reflect on their meanings later . These six salutations for the sake of listing are : Veera (50 ) < Satya Vratha (51 ) < SwAmin (75 ) < Raaghava Simha (76 ) , Nishpanna Kruthya (71 )< and Aparathidhwandwa Pourusha (61 ) . Some of the salutaions are very long and are full of alliterations or Onomotopheia . These resonate with the sound and fury of the battle in a majestic fashion and accompany the DankhAra dwani associated with Sri Ramaa's Kodhandam .. The first half of Yuddha KAndham covers the VibhishaNa SaraNAgathi ,Darbha Sayanam , Sethu Bandhanam and the arrival of Sri Rama, LakshmaNA , SugreevA , HanumAn with the army of monkeys and bears at the capital cit yof RaavaNA . Swami Desikan covers these incidents through 8 salutations starting from salutation 48. The first 39 chapters of Srimadh RaamAyaNam covers these incidents . The second half of YK consists of 89 sargas in Srimadh Vaalmiki RaamayaNam . Swami Desikan uses 21 salutations to illustrate RaamA's heroism saluted earlier by Vaalmiki in his YK. These salutations cover the various battles in which Sri Rama participated , Indrajith's binding of the Lord and LakshmaNA with Naga Paasam , the service of Garuda to chase away the serpents , RavaNaa's first battle with Rama and former's retreat from the battle field , death of RavaNaa at the hands of the victorious Rama, Mandodhari's lamentation over the loss of her husband , her praise of Rama , the eulogies of the Devaas and Brahmaa in recognition of the unparalleled heroism of Rama in the Rama-RaavaNa Yuddham , the resucitation of the monkeys from their death , reunion with Sita , return to Nandigraam in Pushpaka Vimaanam to meet the waiting Bharatha and the glorious pattabhishekam of Sri Rama as Chakravarthi . VaidehI sahitam suradhrumatalE haimE mahAmantapE madhyE pushpakamaasanE maNimayE veerAsanE susthitham I agrE vAchayathi prabhanjanasuthE tatvam munibhya: param vyAkyAntham Bharathadhibi: parivrutham Ramam bhajE syAmaLam II vAme BhumisuthA purasccha HanumAn pascchaath Sumitraa sutha: SatrugnO Bharathasccha paarsva dhaLayOrvaayvaadhi kONeshu cha I Sugreevasccha VibhishaNasccha Yuvaraat Taaraa suthO JaambhavAn MadhyE NEELA SAROJA KOMALA RUCHIM RAAMAM bhajE syAmaLam II Sri Janakee Rama ParabrahmaNE nama : Sri VaishNava Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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