RAMARPANAM-48

File 48.

Dated : June 5th, 2012.

 Jai Sri  Ram.

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Dasaratha's Nays and Visvamitra's Ayes

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Chandhogya Upanishad compares the eyes of the Brahman to that of a  fully blossomed lotus flowers in the following verse :

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Thasya yatha kapyasam pundarekam eva akshiNi :

The lotus blossoms at the sight of the Sun.  Rama's eyes blossoms at the sight of His devotees. He wins over all of them with those captivating beautiful eyes and the enemies by His valor. So the simile is the apt one in physical and real terms.

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Dasaratha recalling RavaNa and Marecha, Subhahu's mite expressed that He would

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not even, as a human, fight the Rakshasa.  Then what to speak of Rama.

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na yudha yogyadam Asya pasyami saha rakshasaihi

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 na yudha visharada :

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na Ramam nethu marhasi .

So concluded Dasaratha, meaning :

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Rama is young. The Rakshasas are grown up and cruel.

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Rama stands for Dharma.  Rakshasas ever go the Adharma way.

Rama can fight in the Day. They in the night.

Rama is straight forward. They are crooked.

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Rama fights parched on the floor. They are capable of maya- yudha  and fight deceiving the eyes.

But Visvamitra is great by Himself.  Had learnt all the astra, sastras from

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Kruthasvan and Prajapathi Suthan.

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He has the tapo-sakthi  to un-do the Rakshasas and so Rama need not be sent, thus concluded Dasaratha.

Visvamitra got up from His seat with anger. His hairs swirled; lips folded; tongue fluttered, hands aggrieved; The Devathas in the Heaven got frightened.

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mithya prathijna Kakusth: suki bhava sa bhandava : 

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So saying, Visvamitra started leaving, when Vasishta intervened to say the following to Dasaratha :

A promise had been made to offer Visvamitra whatever He would ask for and to go

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back on that promise would be un becoming of an Ikshvaku King.

na dharmam gathu marahasi so advising Vasishta asked Dasaratha to send Rama

with the Sage who Himself can protect the Yajna yet Rama is requisitioned not to benefit Himself but to Rama in many ways.

 Visvamitra knows many of the war field weaponry which even the Gandharvas, Yakshas, Kinnaras, great Nagas, the Devas, Rushis, Amaras or Rakshasas are not capable of. All those would be taught to Rama, if only He is sent with Him.

So Dasaratha after listening to what Vasishta said did not hesitate to send Rama as desired.

Hence always give with a feeling of returning and not as though, doling.