It is true that there is a lot of opposites in the two avatharas but
you cannot say that they are contradictory but they are really not
only complementary, but rather complimentary to each other, I would
say. One commentator has said that there is only one similarity in
both avatharas in that both of them first killed a woman who stood
for adharma , Rama killed Thataka and Krishna, Poothana!.The reason
is that it is more dangerous when a woman opposes dharam than a
man.Otherwise there are differences in each and every
aspect.Ramavthara happened in daytime,in Uttarayana, and Krishna was
born in the night in dhakshinayana.Rama gave joy to his mother while
Devaki became a soorowful mother because she had to part with him as
soos as he was born.The son of the Sungod Sugreeve was the friend of
Rama while Karna, the suryaputhra was opposed to Kridshna and the
roles of the sons of Indra, vali and arjuna werre also reversed in
the same manner.Rama was a Ekapathni vratha while Krishna had many
wives. In Ramayana Hanuman went as the messenger of Rama whereas in
Krishnavathara , he himself went as a messenger of Pandavas For this
also a beautiful reason is imagined by the commentators, which I
will relate in the end. Rama was brought up as a prince but
underwent rigours of forestlife but Krishna was brought up as a
cowherd and lived as a prince.Rama kept his word but Krishna was
called "ElAppoygal urAippAn,' by Godha in her Nacchiar thirumoZi,
teased the gopies by his false promises! More than anything else,
Rama stood for dharmathatthva and Krishna for Brahmathatthva.Rama
lived and spoke like a human but Krishna was the supreme Lord through
out and never disguised His divinity to those who were pure in
heart.But still thereis no contradiction because the LOrd as Rama
lived the life which He was going to describr in Krishnavathara
through His Gita.IN this manner the two avatharas were complementary
and also a compliment to each other..
Now to come to the point of dhouthyam. Hanuman says in Sundarakanda
to Sita aas well as to Rama that normally only persons of lower cadre
will be sent as a messenger in order to assure sita that others in te
army of Sugriva are more competent than him, which dialogue he
repeats to Rama ' na hi prakrshtaa preshyanthe ,preshyanthe heethare
janaah.' So perhaps the Lord doubted whether Maruthi really thoght
like that and hence in Krishnavathara He Himself went as a dhootha to
show the excellence of the dhouthyam to reassure Hanuman!
Saroja Ramanujam
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