SrI:
Sri
SeethA LakshmaNa Bharatha Sathrugna
Hanumath
SamEtha
Sri Raghunandhana ParabrahmaNE Nama:
The First Sargam of Baala
KaaNDam of Srimad RaamAyaNam
is celebrated as Moola
RaamAyaNam as well as SankshEpa
RaamAyaNam . It has 96
SlOkmas , which capture the essence of
the 7 KaaNDams of Srimad
RaamAyaNam in the form of Sage
Naaradha responding to the
query of Sage Vaalmiki . These 96 slOkams
are ideal for PaarAyaNam on
Sri Raama Navami day .
Sage Valmiki's question is
housed in the form of the three slOkams (2-4)
of the
First Sargam
of Baala KaaNDam led to the response of Sage NaaradhA
that covered in a condensed
form (SamkshEpa) the entire ithihAsam of
Srimad RaamAyaNam
:
kOnvasmin sAmpratam lOkE
GuNavaan kasccha VeeryavAn ?
dharmaj~nasccha kruthaj~nasccha SathyavAkyO dhruda-vratha : ( SlOkam 1.2) chArithrENa kO yuktha:
SarvabhUthEshu kO hitha:
VidhvAn ka: ka: samarTasccha
kascchaika Priyadarsana : ? (SlOkam 1.3)
aathmavAn kO jithakrOdhO
dhyuthimAn kOanasUyaka: ?
kasya Bibhyathi dEvAsccha
jAtharhOshasya samyugE (SlOkma
1.4)
Let us offer our namaskArams
to Lord Raamachandram prior to covering
the meanings of the above
three slOkams :
SrI Raaghavam
DasarathAthmajam apramEyam
SeethApathim
RaghukulAnvaya rathnadheepam
AajAnubAhum
aravindhadaLAyatAksham
Raamam
NnisAchara vinAsakaram namAmi
The First SlOkam (
I.1.2):
********************************
The anvaya Kramam ( Prose
order ) is : "asmin lOkE saampratham GuNavAn ka: ? ,
VeeryavAn cha ka: ? ,
Dharmaj~na: cha ka: ? , Kruthajn~asccha ka: ?
SathyavAkyO ka: ?
DhruDavratha: ka: ? "
( Meaning
) : In this present world full of mysterious souls , who is the best
having
souseelya ,
KaruNaa and other
auspicious guNams ? Who is that One with
the most valorous
charithram ? Who
is the most knowledgable about dharmams ?
Who is that great
soul, who never
forgets any help given to Him ? Who is that
MahA Purushan of
true
word ? Who is that MahAthmA of unfailing resolve ?
The Second SlOkam
(I.1.3)
**********************************
The anvya kramam
here is: " ChArithrENa cha yuktha: ka:?
SarvabhUthEshu
hitha: ka : ? VidhvAn ka: ? SamarTa : cha ka: ? Priyadarsana: cha
ka: ?"
(
Meaning) : Who is that One
possessing the noblest of Conduct ? Who
is
the
One that never swerves from VarNAsrama dharmams ? Who is the
One
that looks after the well being of all living entities ? Who is
the One that thinks
of doing good deeds even for
His enemies ? Who is the One that is omniscient
about the meanings of all
Saasthrams and the Tatthva Jn~Anam arising from
such knowledge ? Who is the
One that is omnipotent and accomplishes every
thing that He sets to do ?
Who is the One that always displays priyam to
all that interact with Him
and appears as Priyadarsanan ?
The Third SlOkam
(I.1.4)
*******************************
(anvaya Kramam) : " AathmavAn
ka: ? Jitha krOdha: ka: ? DhyuthimAn ka: ?
anasUyaka: ka: ? SamyugE
jaatharhOshasya Kasya dEvAsccha BibhyathE
(Sa: Ka:) ?
"
(Meaning) : Who is that
Courageous MahA Purushan with conquest over mind ?
Who is the One that has won
over anger ? Who is that Saantha svaroopi ?
Who is the One with
incomparale kaanthi and laavaNyam ? Who is theOne
without jealousy (asooyai ) ?
Who is that mighty and angry warrior in the battle field
of whom even the dEvAs are
afraid ?
If we consider the three
slOkams as being made up of Six half lines ( Poorva
and Utthara Paadhams) , then
the commentators have pointed out that those
six ardha paadhams of the
three slOkams are the summaries of the meanings
contained in the Six KaaNDams
of Srimad RaamyaNam .
Vaikunta Vaasi U.Ve. UtthamUr
Swamy has blessed us with a scholarly treatise
entitled " Srimath RaamAyaNa
Sarvasvam " as commentary on SankshEpa
RaamAyaNam following the
GovindharAjeeyam ( a well known commentary
on SrI VaalmIki RaamAyaNam) .
Abhinava Desika Sri UtthamUr Swamy's monograph
was released
in 1997 as a
reprint by the First Centenarry Committee . Devotees are
referred to intensive study
of the brilliant insights of Sri UtthamUr Swamy in
his scholarly monograph .
adiyEn will make reference to this mponograph
in this series of posting
.
In the next slOkam (I.1.5) ,
Sage Vaalmiki states that he would very eager to know
about the identity of such a
MahA Purushan amongst the humans and that Sage Naaradhar
alone is capable of revealing
the identity of such a SrEshta Purushan ( yEvam vidham
Naram Jn~Athum thvam yEva
samarTa asi) among them .
Sage Naaradha responded
positively and acknowledged that the combination of
such vast assembly of KalyANa
guNAs in one "human Being " is rare ( Bahava :
GuNA: dhurlabhaa:
) and yet there is One , who has all these GunAs
embodied
in Him . Sage Naaradha came
straight to the point without too much beating around:
IshvAku
vamsaprabhavO RaamO naama janai: srutha:
niyathAthmA MahAveeryO dhyuthimAn dhruthimAn
vasee
(Meaning): Yes, there is such
a MahA Purushan , who is born in the IshvAku
vamsam . He is adored by the
citizens of AyOdhya as the most endearing One .
He is of unwavering
temperament (niyathAthmA ) , avikAran . His mind is
fully
under His control . He
is MahA Veeran. He has a lustrous body . He is the
embodiment
of Jn~Anam and dharmam . He
is the abode of dhairyam (Courage )and dhruthi
( filled with aanandham and
preethi towards all ) .
( To Be continued
)
Sri Raamachandraath Param
Kimapi Tatthvam na jaanE ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil
VaradAchAri Sadagopan
Yahoo! Groups Links
|
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia |
oppiliappan-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the list |