A nice enlightening post. This covers only one aspect of the Bhakti that the
Atma has for God, Lakshmana also excelled in other forms. Will post seperately
on that.
Dasan/raghavan
Padmanabhan <aazhwar@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear SrEvaishNavites,
I
Why did sri lakshmaNA refuse to heed sri ramA's direction to remain at ayOdhyA?
though this question is not directly taken up, the comentary -sri maNavALa
mAmunikal's vyAkyAnam has addressed this issue.
Two reasons have been attributed. 1. lakshmaNA could not stand separation from
the Lord. 2. He wanted to do all the service to the Lord- that is why he
mentioned 'aham sarvam karishyAmi'
Why should he say 'i will do all ' . This can also be inferred from the
vyAkyAnam:
"inna inna adimai seiyya vEaNum enRa oru niyadhi inRikkEa, ellA adimaiyum
seiyya vEANum ennum"
An event has been quoted here. When they were in pancha-vati, sri rAmA asked
lakshmaNA to build a parNa-sAlA at a place which is located near water source
and is also in a shadow area. sri lakshmANA felt doomed. Why? He felt that Lord
had mounted independence on him.
'nam thalaiyilEa swAthantharyathai vaitha pOdhu perumAL nammai kaivittAr enRu
vikrutharAi, pirAtti munnilaiyAga kaiyum anjaliyumAga ninRu- "yEavik-koLLa
vEANum' enRu prArthithAr.
The blemish of independence should not mix while doing kainkaryam.
II. In the 85th sUthram the important characteristics of upAyam and upEyam are
highlighted.
"upAyathukku sakthiyum,lajjaiyum, yathnamum kulaiya vEANum;
upEyathukku, prEAmamum, thannaip pEANAmaiyum, thariyAmaiyum vEANum"
srEvacahana bhUshaNam.
For upEyam - Immense emotional attachment and affection towards the Lord which
propels oneself not to be separated from Him adn do all the services.sri
laksmaNA excelled in this.
Recalling the event referred hereinabove, it is crystal clear that lakshmaNA
had feared independence while performing kainkaryam thus removing the defect of
independence and self enjoyment in the shEshathvam.
Does this not make iLaya perumAL a true role model of upEyam.
That is why we often correlate iLaya-perumAL with the thiru-voi-mozhip pAsuram
"vozhivil kAlam ellAm vudanAi manni, vazhuvilA adimai seiyya vEANum nAm" 3-3-1;
'lakshmaNO lakshmi sampannA:!"
concluded
rAmAnuja dAsan
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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