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Dear sri vishNava perunthagaiyeer,

In modern management science, the very fundamental approach in any 
learningprocess is to go "from known to unknown". We beautifully adopt this 
approach from the days of childhood easily without really realising such high 
points. 

The mother is the first known to the child by its inherent or innate 
excellence. Then she helps the child to identify the father and the chain goes 
on- known leading to unknown to make other things also known. 

Similarly we see the sun daily - the first known 'god' and then proceed to know 
the antharyaami bhagavaan of the sun - the naaraayaaNa. 

Yes. I am able to diagnose the murmur raising in the corner of the heart 
ofsrivaishNavaas for saying 'hey- sun, is he a god'. I will answer that later. 

First we will see some traits of sun and then proceed to know more. 
*       The sun is the prima donna or the king of the solar system. 
*       Sun is the basic light provider to this earth. 
*       Also he is the abundant 'non-conventional energy provider' to this 
world. 
*       As the present day scientists say light energy from sun is 
un-diminishingone, unlike coal or crude oil, which after eaten by man will get 
exhaustedone day or other.

Sri raamaa the son of kausalya is the sun's sun. 

None other than mother sumithra, raamaa's chiththi, says this. [stepmother?]. 

See the slOkam
sooryasya api bhavEth soorya: hi agnEr agni: prabhO: prabhu: |
sriyascha sree: bhavEdhagryaa keerthyaa: kshamaa: kshamaa || 

srimadh raamaayaNam ayOdhyaa kaaNdam 2 - sargam 44 - slOkam 15

dhaivatham dhaivathaanaam cha bhoothaanaam bhootha saththama: |
thasya ke hi aguNaa dhEvi vanE vaa api athavaa purE || 

srimadh raamaayaNam ayOdhyaa kaaNdam 2 - sargam 44 - slOkam 16

When mother kousalya was weeping not able to control her on the separation of 
raama, sumithra starts consoling kousalya. There is one full sargam [44th] in 
srimadh raamaayaNam on this consoling topic.
 
Now word by word meaning for the above two slOkams:
dhEvi = Oh, Kausalya! 
bhavEth = He becomes 
soorya: = illuminator
sooryasya api = of even the sun 

agni: = fire (revealer)  
agnE: = of fire
prabhu: = the ruler 
prabhO: = of rulers

sree: = the splendour
sriyascha = of splendours 
agryaa = the foremost 
keerthi: = glory (essence) 

keerthyaa: = of all glories 
kshamaa kshamaa = the fore-bearer of forbearance; 
dhaivatham = the god 
dhaivathaanaam = of gods 

bhootha saththama: = the foremost being 
bhoothaanaam = of beings 
kE hi= Indeed what 
aguNaa: = handicaps(for him) 
vanE vaa api = in the forest 
athavaa = or 
purE = in Ayodhya?

Meaning: Oh, Kausalya! raamaa is the illuminator of even the sun, the fire of 
fire, the ruler of rulers, the splendour of splendour, the foremost glory of 
all glories, the forebear of forbearance, the god of gods and the foremost 
being of all the beings. Indeed, what handicaps are there for him in the forest 
or in Ayodhya?"

Points: 
1.      It is usual for any mother to praise her son, as he is the best in the 
world. 
2.      For the stepmother it is always jealousy, which comes first than the 
consideration, he is also my husband's son.
3.      But here it is a completely different one than the normal thing. 
Sumithraa is a realised soul regarding the greatness of raama.
4.      So she chose to console kausalya. Another thing is also there- kaikEyi 
can not console for she is the cause for all the trouble. King is not there to 
console. 
5.      May be just to console some high words of praise is usual. Here, about 
raama, what, even casually said, is also truth and nothing but great truth. 

For earlier we have seen how father, king dhasaratha, himself started praising 
his own son, first for himself, then among people gathered including ministers 
and smaller kings under him [in the 'how could such a raamaa do this' series 
sargam 1 and 2 of ayOdhyaa kaaNdam].

Why such an exalted position of raamaa - to understand that, we must first see 
the glories of the 'sun'. 

In 'amara kosam' [the world's first thesaurus] in samskrith language, 54 names 
are included as sun's names. They are
1.      soora:
2.      soorya:
3.      yama:
4.      aadhithya:
5.      dhvaadhasa aathma: 
6.      dhivaakara:

7.      Bhaaskara:
8.      aahaskara:
9.      bradhna:
10.     praBhaakara:
11.     viBhaakara:
12.     Bhaasvath

13.     vivasvaan 
14.     saptha asva:
15.     haridhasva:
16.     ushNa rasmaya:
17.     vikarthana:
18.     arka:

19.     maarthaaNda:
20.     mihira:
21.     aruNa:
22.     pooshNa:
23.     dhyumaNi:
24.     thariNi:

25.     mithra:
26.     chithraBhaanu
27.     vorOchana:
28.     viBhaavasu:
29.     grahapathi:
30.     thvishaampathi:

31.     aharpathi:
32.     Bhaanu:
33.     hasa:
34.     sahasra amsu:
35.     thapana:
36.     savithaa

37.     ravi:
38.     padmaaksha
39.     thEjasaam raasi
40.     chhaaya naatha:
41.     thamisrahaa
42.     karma saakshi

43.     jagathsakshu
44.     lOkabandhu:
45.     thrayeethanu:
46.     pradhyOthana:
47.     dhinamaNi:
48.     svadhyOthaa

49.     lOkabaanDhava:
50.     ina:
51.     Bhaga:
52.     BhaamaniDhi:
53.     amsumaalya:
54.     janipathi:

Other points we will see in next post. [stopping due to the length 
considerations].

Dhasan

Vasudevan m.g.




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