Dear srivaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
After a long hybernation i venture to write again. This is mainly due to a long travel commitment in December 08, plus a lot of machine breakdown in my home computer and restoring efforts by my son. Thanks to him, the old stuff is not lost and machine restored now. I know i stopped the raama naama elaboration after 24 posts. See the coincidence – when i wanted to write on raama this 24 takes a high importance.
You are all aware sreemadh raamaayaNam contains 24000slokams and housed in 7 kaandams or cantos and each canto has chapter as mentioned below.
Bala Kanda ( Book of Youth) [77 chapters]
Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) [119 chapters]
Aranya Kanda (Book of Forest ) [75 chapters]
Kishkindha Kanda (The Empire of Holy Monkeys) [67 chapters]
Sundara Kanda ( Book of Beauty ) [68 chapters]
Yuddha Kanda ( Book of War ) [131 chapters]
[thanks to authors of www.valmikiramayan.net website wherefrom this data, the note and following gaayathri raamaayaNam is taken].
Note: Valmiki Ramayana is said to have been composed basing on each of the twenty-four letters of Gayatri Hymn, and a thousand verses are arranged into one book under the caption of each letter. Though that classification, or dividing verses into thousand chapters is unavailable now, the twenty-four verses identified with the 24 letters of Gayatri hymn, called as Gayatri Ramayana, is available
Valmiki composed Ramayana according to the letters of Gayatri Hymn and they are identified with the following verses in all cantos:
slokena prathi saahasrani prathame kramaath |
gaayathri aksharam ekaikam sthaapayaamaasa vai munih ||
1. ta - tapaH
svaadhyaaya nirataam tapasvii vaagvidaam varam |
naaradam pari
papracCha vaalmiikir muni pu.mgavam || 1-1-1
2. sa - sa
hatvaa raakSasaan sarvaan yaj~na ghnaan raghuna.ndanaH |
R^iSibhiH
puujitaH tatra yathaa indro vijaye puraa || 1-30-24
3. vi -
vishvAmitraH sa raamaastu shrutvaa janaka bhaaShitam |
vatsa raama
dhanuH pashya iti raaghavam abravIt || 1-67-12 - baala
4. tu -
tuSTaava asya tadaa va.msham pravishya sa vishaam pateH |
shayaniiyam
narendrasya tat aasaadya vyatiSTata || 2-15-19
5. va -
vanavaasam hi sa.nkhyaaya vaasaa.msi aabharaNaani ca |
bhartaaram
anugacCha.ntyai siitaayai shvashuro dadau || 2-40-14
6. raa -
raajaa satyam ca dharmaH ca raajaa kulavataam kulam |
raajaa
maataa pita caiva raajaa hitakaro nR^iNaam || 2-67-34
7. ni -
niriikshya sa muhuurtam tu dadarsha bharato gurum |
uTaje raamam
aasiinam jaTaa maNdala dhaariNam || 2-99-25 - ayodhya
8. ya - yadi
buddhiH kR^itaa draSTum agastyam tam mahaamunim |
adya eva gamane
rocayasva mahaayashaH || 3-11-44
9. bha -
bharatasya aarya putrasya shvashruuNaam mama ca prabho |
mR^iga
rupam idam vyaktam vismayam janayiSyati || 3-43-18
10. ga -
gacCha shiighram ito raama sugriivam tam mahaabalam |
vayasyam tam
kuru kshipram ito gatvaa adya raaghava || 3-72-17 - araNya
11. de -
desha kaalau pratiikshasva kshamamaaNaH priya apriye |
sukha
duHkha sahaH kale sugriiva vashago bhava || 4-22-20
12. va -
va.ndyaaH te tu tapaH siddha saptasaa viita kalmaSaaH |
praSTavyaaH
te api siitaayaaH pravR^ittim vinaya anvitaiH || 4-43-33 - kiSkindha
13. sa - sa
nirjitya purim shreSTaam la.nkaam taam kaama ruupiNiim |
vikrameNa
mahatejaa hanumaan maaruta aatmaja || 5-4-1
14. dha -
dhanyaa devaaH sa gandharvaa siddhaaH ca parama R^iSayaH |
mama
pashyanti ye naatham raamam raajiiva locanam || 5-26-41
15. ma -
ma.ngalaabhimukhii tasya saa tadaa aasit mahaakapeH |
upatasthe
vishaalaakshii prayataa havyavaahanam || 5-53-28 - sundara
16. hi -
hitam mahaartham mR^idu hetu sa.mhitam
vyatiita kaalaayati
sa.mprati kshamam |
nishamya tad vaakyam upasthita jvaraH
prasa.ngavaan uttaram etat abraviit || 6-10-27
17. dha -
dharmaatmaa rakshasaam shreSTaH sa.mpraapto ayam vibhiiSaNaH
|
la.nkaishvaryam dhruvam shriimaan ayam praapnoti akaNTakam ||
6-41-67
18. yo - yo
vajra paataa ashani sannipaataan
na cukshubhe vaa api cacaala
raajaa |
sa raama baaNaa abhihato bhR^isha aartaH
cacaala
caapam ca mumoca viiraH || 6-59-141
19. ya -
yasya vikramam aasaadya raakshasa nidhanam gataaH |
tam manye
raaghavam viiram naaraayaNam anaamayam || 6-72-11
20. na - na
te dadR^ishire raamam daha.ntam ari vaahiniim |
mohitaaH parama
astreNa gaandharveNa mahaatmanaa || 6-93-26
21. pra -
praNamya devataabhyaH ca braahmaNebhyaH ca maithilii |
baddha
a.njalii puTaa ca idam uvaaca agni samiipataH || 6-116-24 -
yuddha
22. ca - calanaat parvata indrasya gaNaa devaaH ca
ka.mpitaaH |
cacaala paarvatii ca api tadaa aashliSTaa maheshvaram
|| 7-16-26
23. da -
daaraaH putraa puram raaSTram bhoga aacChaadana bhaajanam |
sarvam
eva avibhaktam no bhaviSyati hari iishvaraH || 7-34-41
24. ya - yaam
eva raatrim shatrughnaH parNa shaalaam samaavishat |
taam eva
raatrim siitaa api prasuutaa daakara dvayam || 7-66-1 -- Uttara
idam
raamaayaNam kR^itsnam gaayatrii biija sa.myutam |
tri sa.ndhyam
yaH paThet nityam sarva paapaiH pramucyate ||
yaavat
aavartate cakram yaavati ca vasu.ndharaa |
taavat varSa sahasraaNi
svaamitvam avadhaaraya ||
ma.ngalam
kosalendraaya mahaniiya guNaatmane |
cakravarti tnuujaaya
saarvabhaumaaya ma.ngalam ||
iti gaayatrii raamaayaNam sa.mpuurNam
But that is not what i wanted to write but the number three and its importance in sreemadh raamaayaNam.
As stated by sree krishNa in sreemadh bhagavadh geethaa in 'guNa thraya vibhaaga yOgam' chapter 14, where this number three gets its glowing glory, sreemadh raamaayaNam also reflects that three's glory. That is the theme of this article. What are the trios – we will see in next post.
Dhasan
vasudevan m.g.
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