By Sri Chiraan 2009/04/03
Bhagwaan Ramchandra, the son of Dasharath, the very God has
enacted many leelas [acts that create illusions in the minds of people]. All
through the avatara Lord illustrated how a ideal human should live a life. Though he remained as simple as manushya, people extoled him as Maryada
Purushottam Ram. Contrarily in Krishna avatara, however Lord showed his
prowess as divine, people dismissed him as just a Kshatriya or Yadav.
Yet certain incidents in Ramayana clearly depicted his
divine nature.
- Vishwamitra
asking Dasharath to send Ram to kill the rakshas [These rakshasas could
not be killed by Dasharath or any other kings nor could they be destroyed
by the curse of Vishwamitra].
- Breaking
Shiva Dhanush [ The whole world could not even lift the dhanush, but mere
touch of Ram broke the bow].
- Fight
ensuing between Parshuram and RAM [both are Vishnu] they appeared to be
different and fought to create illusion.
- Because once there was a demon named Atul, he completed great penance and
asked Bramha a boon that he wants to pervade the entire universe. As only
Lord Vishnu alone can pervade entire universe, Bramha asked him to stay
in a PArshuram’s stomach. But he could pervade entire universe only till
he does not think Vishnu as separate from himself. i.e. there is no
difference between Vishnu and his avataras and there is no difference
among avataras as well .
- As
fight ensued between the Parshuraam and Ram, Parshuram enacted to be very
angry with Ram as he was Kshatriya and also he broke the Shiva Dhanush
which was given by Parshuram.
- But
Ram seemed to vanquish Parshuram and as astras flew towards Parshuram and
Parshuram showed himself weak against it, Atul inside started fearing
for his life and contemplated that Parshuram was different from Ram and he
would die if any astra hits Parshuram. This contemplation killed Atul and put
a stop to his all pervasiveness.
- Accepting exile on
Father’s words rejecting coronation
Relieving Ahalya from the curse of Gautam by mere touch of his toe. [clearly divine]
- Not
only Ahalya had shap vimochan, this was simply not enough. Gautam had cursed
her in anger, she needed her husband’s love and affection too mere
restoration of body was not enough. [INDRA particularly had requested to
restore love and affection between the couples].
- Story
goes, in olden days all the men and women were born equally beautiful and
had same features common and equal . Thus there was no jealousy or misery
owing to possession of beauty.
- Bramha
once inspected all the creatures looking alike, he felt bored and created
a uniquely beautiful woman called Ahalya. Everyone was amused by this new
beauty and were secretly hoping to marry her.
- Bramha
after long thought called upon Gautam to look after his new creation
carefully till he finalises on the groom for her. Gautam took care of his
new guest but never lusted her .
- Impressed
by the Gautam’s dedication and indriya nigraha, Bramha gave her in
marriage to Gautam .
- Gautam
had amassed a lot of punya by that time, this would hamper his chances of
gaining Mukti. Those who have excess punya have to lose their punya
either by giving away the punya, or losing it by misdeeds.
- Indra
hoping to bestow mercy on Gautam, planned to annoy him, he induced
feeling of having enjoyed Ahalya in Gautam in wee hours, when he appeared
in the guise of Gautam leaving his house.
- Gautam
cursed Indra to have multiple eyes all over his body.
- Gautam
cursed Ahalya [who had not defaulted at all] to be a stone .
- Gautam
lost interest in the world and went away to forest for penance.
- Gautam
had lost his punya by cursing elders like INDRA.
- Indra
though not at fault had indeed felt bad for Gautam and recommended
Ram to restore love between the couples. [Love between the couples
is not a independent feature of humans, even this is also dependent on
God], if God wishes two people can always be locked in love].
- But
past incidents can disturb this peace and loving disposition, so Indra
asked Lord Ram to give Gautam a vismarana [forgetting; selective amnesia] about this incident.
- This
incident shows how merciful lord Ram is!!!!
Ram and Seeta are never separated
- Using RAM BANA on a
crow because it hurt his wife Seeta on the breast.
- Running after
Golden deer [even though everyone knows such a deer does not exist ] and
weeping for Seeta [ abducted].
- There
were few rakshasa who had done great tapasya and asked Bramha that they
wanted to achieve Moksha.
- Bramha
granted they will achieve their goals only when they do not assume
separation [VIYOGA] between Laxmi and Vishnu.
- Laxmi
Vishnu are AVIYOGI according to the VEDAS. Laxmi always resides on the
chest of NARAYANA as mole named Srivatsa ! Both Laxmi And Vishnu are
equal in space as they occupy every part of the universe and space [both
vyakta and avyakta AKAASHA].
- Thus
Laxmi and Vishnu are never separated from each other.
- Thus
Narayana is known as SRIDHAR and Laxmi is known as AMBHRANI as they are
never for a moment without each other’s company.
- Thus
even when Ravan took [sitakruti], seetha was still with RAM as Srivatsa.
- Ram
never missed his wife, but he enacted as a grief stricken man asking
trees and clouds and lakes about the whereabouts of his wife Seeta.
- This
generated the doubt in the minds of the demons that Ram and Seeta had separated, and they were not divine but mere humans who cry at mere
separations and long for union. This thought entitled these demons perish
from the path of moksha.
Hitting Dundhubhi
with toe touch.
Piercing seven
zigzag Tad Vrakshas with one arrow.
Sitting before the
Ocean to ask for a way.
Showing anger on
the ocean to dry up if not appeared.
Building a bridge [every stone scribed RAM floated on the water].
- All
the monkeys were writing RAM on the stones and it floated on the water to
be cemented for the bridge.
- Looking
at this Lord RAM took one stone and threw it the ocean and it sank.
- Strange, you write his name, it has a power to float, but he himself throws it
does not float.
- Some
say RAM naam is more powerful than RAM.
- This
is faulty thinking .
- Hanuman
explains: BY taking the name of RAM we can float in the ocean named
samsara [jeevan maran] and reach the shore named Moksha [Vaikuntha]. But
if, Lord Ram himself leaves his hand [support] onto us, then we are
sure to be drowned in this samsara without recourse. Thus one must always
engage in RAM NAMA!!!
Making a saashtanga
Namaskara to Ravana
- Ravana
was a Brahmin and learned, Lord made sashtanga namaskara to
illustrate, all Brahmins are respectable irrespective of nature.
- When
elders make a sashtanga to the lesser ones, their longevity is reduced.
- Ram
the lord is the greatest GOD, Ravana is a mere soul, only GOD has right
to the namaskar, thus by this namaskar Ravans punya was absorbed by Lord and his longevity nullified.
War with Ravana
- Ravana
with the boon of Bramha had 10 to the power of 32 clones
equally powerful as Ravan hidden in a cave.
- They
all came out of the cave and ran towards the Lord RAM to attack him.
- RAM
seemed to be still without movement, yet all the clones of RAVAN died one
after the other with arrows even before they emerged from the cave.
- Hanuman
explains RAM was so fast in leaving arrows that it defied persistence of
vision, thus he appeared still, yet within 1/10 of the second he applied
crores of arrows to kill 100000000………….00000(32 zeros) in few minutes. Yet
he appeared to others as if he was still doing nothing.
Agni Pariksha:
- Ravana
had never abducted real Seeta he had abducted Seetakrutii, enacted by
Indra and Agni [with Vedavati as instrumental Seeta].
- Having
accepted it Ram would have accepted a different woman.
- Thus
Agnipariksha was enacted to exchange it with original seeta who was his
Wife.
- Had
Laxmidevi [Seeta] were to be in Lanka, Lanka would never have
vanquished or Ravan would never have been defeated. Where there is Laxmi [Jaya Laxmi, Vijayalaxmi etc] there cannot be defeat and misfortunes. Thus
Laxmi could not have been abducted by Ravan to face misfortune.
- Ram
with Seeta ruled Ayodhya for 13000 years. RamRajya.
!!Ram rameti rame raame manorame sahasra naam tulyam
tannamparanane!!
Let Sri MoolRama bless all of us on this auspicious day of
RAMNAVAMI .
Krishnarpana