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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.



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