[Advaita-l] Valimiki RAMAYANA

[KAMESWARARAO MULA]

Meticulous Details of Funerals of  King Dasaratha & Bird Jatayu by Rama:

On the 11th day of the funeral of Dasaratha, Bharata donated gold and gems to the Brahmins. The donation list includes cows and goats, male and female servants, chariots and special mansions.

When Bharata broke the news of Dasaratha’s death to Rama in the forest Rama fainted and looked like an elephant crushed by a landslide another simile Valmiki used was Rama fell like a tree with its flowering branches that is severed by an axe in the forest.
Sita also felt sad and Rama consoled her. Then he said to Lakshmana, “ Bring the pressed pulp of the Ingudi tree and fresh bark so that we may proceed with the water rite for our magnanimous father. Let Sita go first, you follow her and I will be the last in the funeral procession. Sumatara, Chief Minister, held Rama’s hand and led them to the Mandakini River. There they offered the water to Dasaratha, saying ‘Father, may this prove agreeable to you.’ Then Rama turned towards south and offered water again saying, ‘I offer it to you. Let it reach you in the region of your ancestors. Then Rama offered Pinda. He placed the pulp of the Ingudi tree mixed with Badari fruits on the Dharba grass.


Jatayu cremated (Aranya Kanda)
When Jatayu died half way through his speech, Rama decided to give the honour by cremating him. He instructed Lakshmana to bring the fuel. Then Rama himself placed the King of Winged Creatures on the funeral pyre and ignited the flame. Then Rama went into the forest with his brother, killing a few fat Rohi deer, stewed the flesh on the green grass as an oblation to the bird. Tearing off the flesh of those deer and kneading it into balls, he offered it. He recited those sacred formulas uttered by the Brahmins so as to send Jatayu’s soul to heaven. Both the brothers went to the river, bathed and did Udaka ceremony (ritual presentation of water to the ancestors)yena yaati muhuurtena siitaam aadaaya raavaNaH |
vipranaSTam dhanam kSipram tat svaami pratipadyate || 3-68-12
vindo naama muhuurto asau sa ca kaakutstha na abudhat |
Sage Valmiki mentions the kidnapping of sita by Ramana in the inauspicious time  i.e VINDA MUHURTHA (1 GHADIYA) in the above sloka. It means the spell of time Ravana taken away the Sita is called 'VINDA' . if any riches are lost during that Muhurtha, the original possessor of those riches will repossess them very quickly... oh, Kakutstha, he that Ravana is unmindful of that fact and stole Seetha only to loose her. Sita will reach you soon O! Rama.Sri Guru Padaravindarpana Mastu
Kameswara


    On Monday, 11 April, 2022, 02:11:04 pm IST, KAMESWARARAO MULA via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:  
 
 Dear member's,                           Today's speaking tree arctile in TIMES realtes to the epic ramayana wit the title "
Ramayan, an epic that purifies the heart" by Mata Amritanandamayi.
Here is the Link to this: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/ramayan-an-epic-that-purifies-the-heart/
Ramayan shows us what we should and should not do and inspires us to follow the positive examples set by its characters. Some people feel that Ram, Krishn, the Pandavas and Kauravas are not historical characters but symbolic of certain principles. We might lack historical proof of events, but whatever anyone might say, Ram and Krishn live on in our hearts. Our entire culture bears the deep imprint of their footsteps.Sri Guru Padaravindarpana MastuKameswara
 

    On Saturday, 9 April, 2022, 06:38:41 pm GMT+5:45, KAMESWARARAO MULA via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:  
 
 Dear Members,                                On the Ocassion of Chitra Shukla Navami, Tomarrow (10/4/22) (Rama Navami), we all going to celebrate the Sita Rama Kalyana Mahostava. I worked out two points to discuss out of my inner research activity.
The First one is regarding the Birds : Krauncha Pakshis who born together,  lives together and dies one for the anothesituation was narrated by sage valmiki when one was shotdown by the hunter. More details can be found in this link from IITKanpur.


https://www.valmiki.iitk.ac.in/sloka?field_kanda_tid=1&language=ro&field_sarga_value=2
1." Valmiki goes to river Tamasa for morning ablutions -- He sees a male krauncha being shot down by a hunter -- expresses the reflection of a female companion's sorrow in his experience in the form of a sloka in metrical form -- Lord Brahma appears at the hermitage -- directs him to compose the great poem in the same metre describing the story of Rama as related by Narada -- grants him the power of clairvoyance"
2. The other one which I found interesting to me was Rama's confrontation before going to exile: when sumnatra, the charioter request rama to persue his father i.e Dasaratha to think twice before he leaves to forest, Rama Scolds sumantra That not to come in between to do his duty which is order by the king dasaradha. That means Rama convay here the message that one should differentiate the king & father. King i.e Raja is first to take care of the land activities. Father is something your personal which is in between you & him. No more people are involved here. Although this hard core decission made to become dasaratha to be like a store which made the pathway to death. However descission is decission whicn one has to take in the interest of people.
Learned members are requested to comment or contribute their views towards my topic of discussion.
Sri Guru Padaravindarpana MastuKameswara












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