RAMARPANAM-36

File 36

Dated : May 18th, 2012.

Jai Sri Ram.

Divine Payasam and its sharing : 

The Lord takes birth, unlike we humans,  out of His own free will and mercy and to drive home this essential difference,  Rama, LakshmaNa, Bharata, SatrugNa were consummated by taking the Divine Payasam and not by physiological relations of a man and a woman. 

The nectar like Payasam brought by the Godly person from out of the Yajna

flames in a Golden vessel of  no earthen-links, was offered to Dasaratha in fulfillment of His desire to have a child. He took it with reverence and rewarding spirits. 

He then invited His three wives and shared between them in the following order. 

First the Payasam was made into two halves of each and one portion was given to Kousalya, His first wife and she took it instantly.

The remaining half was made into two halves of one fourth each and the divided one fourth portion was given to Sumitra, His second wife.  She after receiving was waiting for the other portion to be given to KaikEyi. 

But Dasaratha, then made the remaining one fourth portion into two halves of one eighth and this one eighth portion was given to KaikEyi and the remaining one eighth portion to Sumitra again.  

KaikEyi took her share immediately, Sumitra who now received the one fourth and one eighth portions took them last.

Thus Rama was born to Kousalya, who ate the major portion.

KaikEyi, who ate the one eighth portion second, gave birth to LakshmaNa to remain a Rama sevaka.

Bharata, SatrugNa were born to Sumitra to remain Bagavath, BhAgavada sevakas respectively as a result of her taking the one fourth portion and the one eighth portion of the Payasam that were given to her in that order of  sequence. 

As these were happening, Lord Vishnu appeared on His Garuda vAhana to the assembled audience of the DevAs and Brahma to give His assuring words of how He is going to be born as Rama-LakshmaNa-Bharata-SatrugNa to end the cruelty of RavaNa and his men with no further waiting. 

This Kambar vividly explains with a metaphor in His own style. 

The Lord 's darker complexion compare to the all-black rain clouds.

His Disc and the Conch compare to the bright Sun and the soothing Moon, belittling the lotus flowers that bloom in the back drop of  en Emerald mount.

The Goddess Lakshmi adorning Him compare to a flash of  lightning that embellish the clouds, in all a picture-perfect contrast of colours and get up at  the end. 

Let us not miss out the rest of the happenings that are to follow......