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SrI Raama Jayam

Dear Raama BhakthAs:

Aadhithya iva tEjasvee lOkakAntha: sasee yaTA
RaajA sarvasya lOkasya DevO VaisravaNO yaTA
vikramENOpannasccha yaTA VishNur-mahAyasA:

Sathyavaadhee madhura-vAgdEvO Vaachaspathir-yaTA
roopavAn Subha: SrImAn Kandarpa iva MoorthymAm

sTAna-krOdha: praharthA cha srEshtO lOkE MahAraTa:
bAhucchAyAm avashtaBdhO yasya lOkO MahAthmana:
---Sundara KaaNDam 34.28-30

(Meaning): SrI Raaman is like Sooryan in lustre (tEjas).
He cools the world like the comforting rays of the Moon .
He is the king of all Iswaryam like KubhEran and the ruler
of these worlds. In valor , He is like the celebrated MahA VishNu.

He speaks only the truth. His speech is sweet . The content of that
speech shows wisdom equal to that of Bruhaspathi , the Deva Guru.
He is like Manmathan in His beauty. He is the embodiment of great
good fortunes ( BhAgyams) .He is full of tEjas .

He will get angry at the relevant time and destroy His enemies.
He is the greatest of charioteer in the world. The world feels safe and
enjoys comfort by staying under the shade of His powerful arms .
Such is the glory of SrI Raaman !

Overall Summary of Sargams 34-40 : Todays' coverage/390 slOkams
******************************************************
HanumAn spoke now to SeethA Devi and said that he was in LankA
as Her Lord's messenger on direct command from Him . He told SeethA
Devi that Her husband is well and inquired after Her well being . HanumAn
nullified SeethA PirAtti's suspicions about him being RaavaNan in disguise
by
talking about Raama charithram . He begged SeethA PirAtti to trust Him as
a true Raama DhUthan ( sargam 34). SeethA Devi questioned HanumAn and asked
Him to describe the body lakshaNams and unique attributes of Raamachandran
to check whether HanumAn is indeed the messenger from Her Lord. HanumAn
responded to all these questions with such precision that SeethA PirAtti
was assured that HanumAn is indeed the Raama dhUthan and trusted him
( Sargam 35).

The 36th Sargam covers a key incident in Sundara KaaNDam , where
SeethA Devi recieved the special hand ring sent by Her Lord from HanumAn
and became joyous ( Sargam 36). HanumAn offered to transport SeethA Devi
on His back to where Her Lord was on the other side of the ocean . SeethA
Devi commented that HanumAn was too small to carry Her over such long
distances . HanumAn showed now His Viswa Roopam ( gigantic form ) to
convince
SeethA Devi of His extraordinary strength . Although She became fully
convinced of
HanumAn's balam , Seetha revealed that as a Pathivrathai , She can not have
the contact with the body of anyone other than Her husband and therefore She
could not ride on HanumAn's back to Her Lord's side.She suggested that it
will
be more appropriate for RaamA to come to LankA ., win the battle with
RaavaNaan and then take Her back to His ( Raamachandran's) side(Sargam 37) .

A private incident that happened involving the mahA apachAram (wrong doing )
by KaakAsuran and Her husband is recalled by SeethA Devi now and She asks
HanumAn as to why Her Lord , who was angry enough to send the powerful
BrahmAsthram after the offending KaakAsuran has not yet punished RaavaNan
and rescued Her. She asked HanumAn to tell Her Lord that She can not wait
much longer for Him since the deadline set by RaavaNan ( two months)
was fast approaching. She now gave Her crest jewel ( ChUDaamaNi)
to HanumAn and asked Him to take it back to her Lord as a true symbol
prooving Her sorrowful existence as the prisoner of RaavaNan ( Sargam 38).

Next , HanumAn comforted SeethA Devi that Her Lord will arrive in
LankA very soon for destroying RaavaNan and rescuing Her ( Sargam 39) .
SeethA PirAtti is saddened by the imminent departure of HanumAn
and gives him information about happenings between Herself and
Her Lord that He alone would know to convince Him of HanumAn's
successful mission to find Her . Reluctantly , She bade farewell to
HanumAn now ( Sargam 40).

Let us now go to the highlights of individual Sargams .

Sargam 34: KshEma VrutthAntha KaTanam
***********************************
SeethA PirAtti became suspicious of HeanumAn . She thought
it might be RaavaNan taking the disguise of a monkey as he did
once before by taking the roopam of a SanyAsi to abduct Her.
She asked the monkey before Her to recite the story of Her Lord
since it was dear to Her .HanumAn repeated now the charithram of
His Lord with great bhakthi. SlOkmas 28-30 of this sargam are
beautiful descriptions of the Roopam and KalyANa GuNams of
Lord Raamachandran quoted at the beginning of this posting .
HanumAn begged SeethA PirAtti to recognize Him as the true
messenger of Her Lord and not to think that He was RaavaNan in
disguise (VisankA thyajathAm ).

Sargam 35: ViswAsOthpaadhanam( Generation of Hope & Trust)
**************************************************
HanumAn continues the narration of the dhivya soundharyam of
Raamachandran and His auspicious personal attribute ( Aathma
GuNams) , which was like nectar for SeethA PirAtti's ears & mind.
SlOkmas 8-21 of this Sargam are extraordinarily beautiful portrayal
of the divine beauty of the Lord , His SaamudhrikA LakshaNams and
Aathma GuNams.Next HanumAn talks about the friendship that Raaman
established with His king , Sugreevan to seek his help in the search for
His DEvi.HanumAn narrated next Vaali vadham and the beginning of
the search for Her by the Monleys and bears. He described threafter
the message from SampAdhi about SeethA PirAtti's incarceration in
LankA by the evil RaavaNan , which resulted in Him being picked by
Sugreevan and Lord Raamachandra to go to LankA on the mission to
find SeethA PirAtti.He told DEvi next about His own birth as Vaayu
Puthran . SeethA PirAtti became convinced now that the monkey
standing before Her was indeed the Raama DhUthan and trusted Him .

SeethA Piratti was thirsty to hear more about Raama charithram and
His well being . She requested HanumAn to tell more about Her Lord
and HanumAn obliged gladly and filled in additonal details about
Sugreeva Sakhyam (Friendship with Sugreevan ) and His jumping
over the ocean to LankA in search of Her( Raama Kaaryam) . HanumAn
ended this description and begged SeethA to become tranquil over
the prospect of Her Lord arriving at LankA soon to rescue Her .

Sargam 36: AnguLeeyakapradhAnam ( Giving RaamA's hand ring to SeethA)
************************************************************
HanumAn took the next step and presented Her with the special ring with
the inscription of Raama Naamam that was worn by Raamachandran on
His hands to SeethA PirAtti . She was overjoyed with that gift that HanumAn
brought from Her Lord. SeethA Devi praised the parAkramam of HanumAn
in jumping over the vast ocean and complimented Him that He is the right
messenger chosen by Her Lord.Now begins the detailed inquiry by SeethA
Devi about the physical and mental status of Her Lord in the state of
seperation
from Her( SlOkas 11-30). The 30th slOkam is a powerful one :

na chAsya MaathA na PithA cha naanya:
snEhath visishtOasthi mayA samO vaa
thaavathvaham DhUtha jijieevishEyam
yaavath pravrutthim sruNayAm Priyasya

(Meaning ): For this Raaman , My Lord , there is no one (Father ,
Mother , relatives) who is equal or greater in affection than Me.
Oh DhUtha ! I will continue to live as long as I hear about
the kshEma samAchAram about my dear Lord . The moved
HanumAn cited instances of the sufferings of Raamachandran
over His seperation from SeethA Devi to remove Her sorrow.

Sargam 37: Viswaropa Darsanam ( Display of Viswa Roopam by HanumAn)
***********************************************************
Eager HanumAn observed that SeethA PirAtti can sit on His back and
cross the ocean and arrive at Her Lord' side quickly. SeethA rejected
this offer because of Her chastity that would limit any touch with any male
other than Her husband. She was curious to know about the sakthi of
HanumAn to travel back to RaamA's side to bring back the news of
His successful mission to Lanka . HanumAn took a gigantic form in
front of SeethA Devi to convince Her about His prowess. SeethA PirAtti
became joyous and requested to come back soon with Her Lord and
LakshmaNan to LankA and reunite Her with Her Lord .

Sargam 38 :Vaayasa VrutthAntha KaTanam( KaakAsuran's episode: Recall)
***********************************************************
KaakAsura apachAram ( trespass) to SeethA PirAtti , RaamA's punishmnet
of Him is described by SeethA Devi with a purpose to HanumAn . In this
context,
She asked HanumAn why Her Lord , who punished KaakAsuran earlier did not
seem it fit to rush to LankA and destroy RaaavaNan for his MahApachAram .
She told the story of Kaakaasura SaraNAgathy , which would be known
only to Her and Her Lord to provide credence to HanumAn's visit. She also
gave HanumAn the ChUDaamaNi that she used to wear and aksed Him to
present it to Her Lord in rememberance of Her.She asked HanumAn to
inquire Raamachandran about His well being and asked Him to offer Her
PraNAmams to her Lord on behalf of Her ( Thamm MamArTe Sukham
pruccha SirasA chAbhivAdhaya ). HanumAn was moved very much ,
performed PradakshiNam around Her and felt that He was already back
at Raamachandran's isde .

Sargam 39 : SeethA SamAsvAsanam( Consoling SeethA PirAtti)
**************************************************
HanumAn consoled SeethA PirAtti with encouraging words describing
the forthcoming invasion of LankA by Her Lord with the army of monkeys
to rescue Her :

Kshopram Thvam Devi sOkasya pAram yAsyasi MyTili
RaavaNam chaiva RaamENa nihatham dhrakshyasE achirAth
--Sundara KaaNDam: 39.45

(Meaning): Oh MyTili Devi ! Very soon You will reach the other side of
the ocean of sorrow. Very soon , You are going see RaavaNan , who
will be killed by YOur Lord, Veera Raaghavan !

She consoled thus SeethA PirAtti and asked Her to bear with
the seperation for a little more time ( an tE chirAdhAgamanam
Priyasya Kshamasva mathsangama-kaalamAthram).

Sargam 40: Hanumath PrEkshaNam (Farewell to HanumAn)
**********************************************
The somewhat consoled SeethA blessed HanumAn and bid
farewell to Him after reminding HanumAn once again that She
would not last in LankA beyond a month and that Her Lord
to rush to Her side at the soonest . HanumAn understood
the message of SeethA Devi very well and now began to think
about the remaining things to be done at LankA and prayed to
Lord Raamachandra by turning His head towards the northerly
direction .

SrI Jaanakee SamEtha SrI Raamachandra ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Raama Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan




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