One point adiyEn forgot to mention. When Bharata accepted Rama's order that he rule Ayodhya, he must have known what that represents - that is, he is the king and Rama becomes his subject. This is borne by the fact that many a times, Rama does mention that Bharata is the king and he is a representative of Bharata (for eg, see Rama's explanation to Vali why he chose to kill him). To me, this seems to be an example of "sEshathvaththai azhikkum pOdhu" - and being a true paratantra, Bharata accepted the reversal of roles between sesha and seshi. adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan > On the other hand, Sri Bharata, who too could have > threatened some dire action and demanded that Rama > come back or that he too be taken along with Rama > (and Rama might have obliged, going by past > experience), did no such thing and in fact returned > happily to Ayodhya ("ArurOha ratham hruShta:"). The > key things here is that he did not come back sad > thinking that he had failed; he came back happy that > he was doing what his brother wanted. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/.itolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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