Post 2 Dear Sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer, As already mentioned, this is in continuation of the "haridhaasulu" krithi. Here we will see srimadh raamaayaNam - aaraNya Kaandam - the forest trek of raama - sargam 30 - chapter 30 - in which the killing of khara is dealt with. How this is linked with the krithi is being explained as we proceed. The theme of this sargam [chapter] is - raama and khara exchange a haughty wordy duel and when the demon khara charge at raama, raama eliminates him with his all-powerful arrow. Gods and sages shower flowery rain. seetha and lakshmaNa return from their hiding cave and seetha becomes exultant on seeing her victorious and indefatigable husband. In the first slOkam itself of this sargam, raamaa is addressed as "Dharma vathsala:" See slOkam Bhithvaa thu thaam gadhaam baaNai raaghavO Dharma vathsala: -- 3- 30- 1 [part slOkam] The addressing is so special. In the previous post titled "how could such a raamaa do that" we saw raamaa being eulogized as saasthragna, Dharmagna, kruthagna, vEdhavith, etc. In the Sree vishnu sahasra naamam also we have naamaas of lord such as kshEthragna, kruthagna, sarvagna, etc. We all know raama or krishNa are addressed as "Bhaktha vathsala:" and that is a very common way of calling him, meaning - one who has vaathsalyam to all his Bhakthaas - sympathies with his devotees. But this "Dharma vathsala:" meaning - one who has very great attachment to the dharma - is something special. Hence this is highlighted first. When the rishis in the janasthaanam - the forest - want to do their Dharma of doing yagnaas etc- and some body like khara, dhooshNa, and their company of raakshaasaas, is preventing them, raamaa comes to the rescue of those being prevented in observing their Dharmam. That is why he is addressed "Dharma vathsala:". To such a raamaa, sri thyaagaraajaa [ST] in his krithi haridhaasulu adores and addresses "dhayaaLO". is it not apt? Out of his own sympathy - dhaya - raama comes and helps his bhakthaas to observe their Dharmam. dhayaaLu is Dharma vathsala: Now let us see some more slOkaas in aaraNya kaaNdam and their meaning: pravrudhDha nidhrE sayithE thvayi raakshasa paamsanE | Bhavishyanthi asaraNyaanaam saraNyaa dhaNDakaa imE || 3-30-8 pravrudhDha = in well developed [profound manner] thvayi nidhrE sayithE = sleep by you raakshasa = oh, demon paamsanE = the notorious imE dhaNDakaa = this dhanDaka [meaning this forest] Bhavishyanthi = will become saraNyaa = shelter saraNyaanaam = for shelter-worthy [sages] Meaning: sree raamaa says to khara - "while you sleep in that profound sleep [meaning death], oh, notorious demon, let this Dandaka forest becomes a shelter to the shelter-worthy [the sages and saints in the forest]". janasthaanE hatha sthaanE thava raakshasa math sarai: | nirBhayaa vicharishyanthi sarvatho munayO vanE || 3-30-9 janasthaanE = in janasthaana, hatha sthaanE = ruined holdings thava = of yours raakshasa = oh, demon, math sarai: = by my arrows nirBhayaa = without fear vicharishyanthi = will move about sarvatha: = everywhere munaya: = sages vanE = in this forest. Meaning: raamaa continues to khara - "when your holdings in this Janasthaana forest are ruined by my arrows, the sages in this forest will move about fearlessly, everywhere". Note: khara has not directly done any harm to raama, but done to his dhaasas, the hari dhaasaas. Hence his dhaya flows through these words, that he will kill khara so that they can observe their Dharmam. thatha: paavaka samkaasham vadhaaya samare saram | kharasya raamo jagraaha brahma daNDam ivaaparam || 3-30-24 thatha: = then paavaka = Ritual-fire samkaasham = similar vadhaaya = for eliminating samare saram= arrow in war kharasya = for khara's [killing,] raama: jagraaha = raama snatched; brahma daNDam = brahma's shaft [missile] iva aparam = secondary to. Meaning: Then, raama snatched an arrow that is similar to the ritual-fire, and secondary only to brahmaasthram - the special brahma missile, for the elimination of Khara in war. sa thath daththam maghavathaa sura raajEna Dheemathaa | samdhadhE cha sa Dharmaathmaa mumOcha cha kharam prathi || 3-30-25 sa: thath daththam = to him [raama] that arrow was given, maghavathaa= by Indra sura raajEna Dheemathaa = the king of gods the sensible one; samdhadhE ca = well slung the arrow on the bowstring sa: Dharmaathmaa = he [raama] the virtuous soul mumOcha = released kharam prathi = towards khara. Meaning: Then that virtuous soul raama, slung well the arrow on his bowstring and released it towards Khara, that arrow which is given by Indhra, the king of gods, who is a sensible one [about the future course of events, gave that arrow to raamaa through sage agasthya. Ethasmin antharE dhEvaa: chaaraNayO: saha sangathaa: | dhundhuBhi: cha aBhinighnantha: pushpa varshaa samanthatha: || 3-30-29 Ethasmin antharE = in the meantime DhEvaa: chaaraNayO: = the gods and chaaraNaas [the celestials] saha sangathaa: = collectively gathered dhundhuBhi: cha abhinighnantha: = drummed well all over [universally] pushpa varsha samanthatha: = rained flowers everywhere. Meaning: In this meantime, gods and chaaraNaas gathering in the skies collectively drummed the celestial drums universally and rained flowers from everywhere on raama. Is this not similar to ST lines chakkani harichE jikkithimani madhi sokkuchu naamamE dhikkani pogaduchu [hari] meaning: I am filled with joy on seeing the hari dhaasaas come out onto the street in procession, in joyous abandon that they have been ensnared by hari into his service, [or is it the other way] by making them realise that his name is the only salvation! See the next slokam - confirmation. ahO batha mahath karma raamasya vidhitha aathmana: | ahO veeryam ahO daarDyam vishNO: iva hi dhrushyathE || 3-30-32 ahO batha = Aha! surprising ahO veeryam = what a valour; ahO dhaarDyam = what a fortitude; vidhitha aathmana: = the shrewd soul raamasya mahath karma = raamaa's great deed vishNO: iva hi dhrushyathE = seems to be verily vishNu himself Meaning: "Aha! surprising is this great deed of raama, the shrewd-soul... what a valour, what a fortitude... he seems to be vishNu himself. That vishNu himself is the most wanted reference w.r.t. the krithi here. We will continue in next post. Dhasan Vasudevan m.g. ------------------------ Yahoo! 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