SrI Raama Jayam SrI Raamachandra : Sritha-PaarijAtha: Samastha KalyANaguNAmBhurAsi: SeethA-mukhAmbhOruha-sanjareeka: nirntharam MangaLam aatanOthu May Lord Raamachandra , who is the wish-granting PaarijAtha tree to all those who seek His refuge , who is the abode of all auspicious guNAs and who is the bee circling the lotus (face) of SithA PirAtti shower forever all MangaLams on us ! AapadhAm apaharthAram dhAthAram Sarva-sampadhAm lOkAbhirAmama SrIraamam bhUyO bhUyO namAmyaham I bow (prostrate) again and again before SrI Raamachandra , who enchants all and who chases away all dangers and obstacles besides conferring all soubhAgyams . Dear Raama BhakthAs: Adhi Kavi VaalmIki composed SrImadh RaamAyaNam in the form of 24, 000 verses (slOkams). These slOkams are housed in individual cantos (SargAs). The Six individual cantos (KaaNDams) house the sargAs . Sundara KaaNDam is one of the six KaaNDams and means the beautiful KaaNDam ( the book of Beauty ) . The individual KaaNDams have been compared to the internodes of a sugarcane branch . Let us immerse ourselves in the joy of tasting them during these sacred days leading up to SrI Raama navami ! RaamAyaNam means the journey (aayanam ) of SrI Raamachandran . This ithihAsam which feautres prominently SithA Devi's journey with Her Lord has been more appropriately saluted as "SithAyaNam " instead. SithA PirAtti and HanumAn are the central characters in the Sundara KaaNDam. Let us offer our prayers to HanumAn (AanjanEyar , Raama dhUthar, VaathAthmajar , Maaruthi ) first and invoke Him to listen to Raama nAma sankeerthanam through the Six slOkams dedicated to Him : gOshpadhee-kruthavArAsim masakeekrutha raakshasam RaamAyaNa-mahAmAlA-rrathnam vandhE anilAthmajam---(1) Salutations to the son of Vaayu , AnjanEyaa , who made the ocean look in depth like the hoof print of a cow ;He pulverized the offending RaakshasAs of RaavaNA's camp! Our deep anjalis are to that supreme gem in the grand necklace of RaamAyaNam ! AnjanAndham veeram Jaanakee sOkanAsanam kapeesam AkshahanthAram vandhE lankhA-bhayankaram---(2) Our salutations to that great hero , who banished the sorrows of Jaanakee Devi ! He is the generator of joy to His mother AnjanA dEvi and is the Lord of all monkeys . Our slautations to that terror of Lankaa , who killed AkshakumAran , the son of RaavaNan. ullangya sindhO: salilam saleelam ya: sOkavahnim JanakAthmajAyA: aadhAya tEnaiva dadhAha LankAm namAmi Tamm prAnjalirAnjanEyam--(3) Our anjalis to AnjanEyar , who jumped over the broad ocean as an effortless sport and burnt the city of LankA to ashes with the fire of sorrow of Jaanaki MaathA ! AanjanEyam athipADalAnanam kAnchanAdhri-kamaneeya-vigraham PaarijAtha-tarumoola-vaasinam bhavayAmi PavamAna-nandhanam...(4) I meditate on AnjanEyar , the bringer of joy to His father , Vaayu BhagavAn . He has an intense facial hue resembling that of a PaaDali flower and has His residence under the divine wish-granting tree of PaarijAtham . In size and lustre , He is like a golden mountain personified . Yathra Yathra RaghunATa keertthanam tathra tethra krutha masthAnjalim BhAshpavaari-paripoorNa-lOchanam Maaruthim namatha RaakshasAnthakam ..(5) Wherever there is the recitation /singing of the story of Raamaa , there is HanUmAn with folded palms and bent head with eyes brimming with tears of joy . Salutations to that destroyer of RaakshasAs , Maaruthi ! manOjavam mArutha-tulya-vEgam jithEndhriyam bhuddhimathAm varishtam VaathAthmajam Vaanara-yooTa-mukhyam SrIraama-dhUtham sirasA namAmi..(6) I bow with bent head , the son of Vaayu BhagavAn who is the carrier of the message of SrI Raamachandran to RaavaaNa's court . He is the prominent one among the assembly of monkey chieftains .He is the leader among the wise ones and has full control over His indhriyams . His speed is equal to that of His father , Vaayu BhagavAn . The First Two days of Sundara KaaNDa PaarAyaNam ( March 21-23) *********************************************************************************** Sargams 1-15 starting from HanUmAn's jump over the ocean upto the Darsanam of SeethA PirAtti by AnjanEyar are the focus of the first two days of NavAha ParAyaNam . SrImAn D. Hanumantha Rao and SrImAn K.M.K.Murthy are creating the transcriptions and translations of the individual slOkams of SrImad RaamAyaNam since 1998. Their detailed work assisted by others continues . With rspect to Sundara KaaNDam , they have covered 16 0ut of the 68 sargams (chapters) . You might recall that the nine day PaarAyaNam of Sundara KaaNDam has the following sequence : First day : Sargams 1-5 ***************************** 1. The leaping over the Ocean (Saagara Langhanam) 2. Entrance to Lankaa ( LankA pravEsa: ) 3. Victory over Lankaa Devi ( LankAdhidEvathA vijaya: ) 4. Roaming around the city of Lankaa ( LankApuree-paribrahamaNam) 5. Search for SeethA Devi in the houses of the citizens of Lankaa(Bhavana Vijaya: ) Second day: Sargams 6-15 ******************************** 6. Entry into RaavaNA's house ( RaavaNa Gruha PravEsa: ) 7. The sight of Pushpaka VimAnam ( Pushpaka darsanam) 8. Description of Pushpaka VimAnam ( Pushpaka VarNanam ) 9. Continued description of Pushpakam ( Pushpaka VarNanam) 10. Seeing of MandhOdhari (MandhOdhari darsanam) 11. Searching in the drinking hall ( Paana bhUmi vichaya: ) 12. The sorrow of HanUmAn ( HanUmadh vishAdha:) 13. The agitation of HanUmAn ( HanUman-nirvEdha: ) 14. Search in AsOka Vanam( AsOka-vanAnvEshaNam) 15. The sight of SeethA PirAtti ( SeethA Darsanam ) I recommend that you all read these excellent translations for today and tomorrow's sections of the PaarAyaNam at the site : http://www.Valmikiramayan.net I will add my comments on the highlights of the first fifteen sargams today and tomorrow and continue with the rest of the sargams ( 16-68 and the PattAbhisEsha Sargam ) not translated yet by SrI Hanumantha Rao and others until the Koil Raama Navami day , April 29, 2004. This then is our prayer for this SrI Raama Navami season : Vaalmeeki giri sambhUthA Raama-Saagara-gAminee punAthu bhuvanam puNyaa RaamAyaNa MahAnadhee May the great river of RaamAyaNam , which arose from the mountain named Vaalmikee and travelling towards the ocean called Raamaa drench the whole world with auspicousness ! RaamAya RaamabhadrAya RaamachandrAya vEdhasE RaghunATAya NaaTAya SeethAyA: PathayE nama: SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , Raama DhAsan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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