Padma Prabhodaaya

In the celebrated Aditya Hridayam.. mantra in the Yuddhakandam of Valmikiramayanam, an epithet Padma Prabhodaaya is used to praise the Sun,,

There was a discussion on that epithet elsewhere..

I extract my own reply in that discussion

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"it is not पद्मप्रभोदाय but पद्मप्रबोधाय meaning the one who awakens the lotus from its sleep...

Bhagavan Aditya or the Sun, sending his gentle, tepid morning rays, just makes the lotus bloom..

Of course the word may be having hidden meanings like awakening the seven lotuses in our Sushumna.. Mooladhara, Swadhistaana, Manipura, Anaahata, Vishuddhi, Ajna, and Sahasraara padmaas.."

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The process of writing Ramaynam starts ..13

(This is the 14th post in a series dealing with the story of Valmiki Ramayanam.. The link for the earlier post is given at the bottom.

The story up to the stage of Hanuman entering the city of Lanka has already been given in the earlier posts.)

Hanuman makes his entry into the city of Lanka.

He was impressed to the core by the grandeur of the city.

He felt very happy having arrived at such a beautiful place, and the sights around was a treat to his eyes.

But the thought about his mission actually worried him a little.

The fortification and security arrangements he encountered were so perfect and posed a stiff challenge to any intruder or trespasser.

He was really perplexed a little as to how he could succeed in piercing the security cordon erected by the demons and manage to meet Sita, who must be in captivity under the highest order of secrecy.

As he was treading his lonely path with measured steps , engrossed in deep contemplation, the moon rose.

And just as he entered and walked into the magnificient city, his apprehensions about the difficulties in overcoming the security bothered him all the more.

He saw sentries and soldiers doing the rounds all along the streets, with outstretched weapons like daggers, swords and maces all ready to strike at moment’s notice.

He thought to himself , “only a handful out of the best among the monkeys, Sugriva the king, Angada, the prince, Hanuman himself, and his colleagues, Jambavan, the boar, Kumuda, Sushena, Mainda, Dvividha, Kushaparva and Kethumala, could , if at all ‘ enter the city and attempt an ambush and lay siege on the city, if a battle arose..

The only encouraging feature was that once the entry was effected, the greatest of the archers, Rama and Lakshmana too could enter not far behind, and finish off the victorious job and redeem Sita and the honour of the Solar race and the monkey clan..

The thought of the valour of his colleagues and the princes Rama and Lakshmana, propped up the self confidence of Hanuman and lifted his mood.

Even in the moonlit night, lanka shone as if it was still day light..

The large multi-storeyed mansioned all aroud , decorated with gold, gems and bright stones, were all lighted up for the early night, and the city was as sweet and gay as any city could be..

it resembled the city of Bhogavathi, the abode of Nagas.

And, as Hanuman was making a stealthy entry in the city, the City of Lanka herself ( Lanka Shree or Lanka Laksmi or Lankini) spotted him and appeared before him.

The presideing deity of Lanka, protected by Ravana, assumed a grotesque form meant to threaten Hanuman and stationed herself in front of the monkey Hanuman, the worthy son of the wind god.

She produced a wild, harsh and loud cry and asked Hanuman,

“You wretched d weller of the forest, who are you? Why have you sneaked into my city? Answer me immediately and anyway before your body and life part company of each other.. Take notice that this city of Lanka is under the ptotection and control of Ravana, the great..’

Hanuma Replied

“ Madam, why are you standing on my way showing that ugly face of yours, and why are you shouting at the top of your voice? Pray tell me..”

The lady replied.

“ I am the guardian deity of the city of Lanka..

You can consider me as the city of Lanka itself in this human form.

I am working under the orders and directions of great Ravana.

My duty is to protect this city.

No one is capable of conquering me.

Mind you, you silly monkey, you cannot enter this city ignoring me.

If you make a further step ahead, I shall kill you, and your dead body would be sleeping for ever seeing deathly dreams. “

Hanuman was not impressed by the form of the Lady, nor her shouts and references about Ravana. He just stood there impassively like a solid rock.

And he responded to her in a matter of fact tone..

‘Madam, I am a small monkey. I stayed into this island and while wandering around, saw this beautiful city. I just wanted to stroll around enjoying the attractive environment and architecture. It is just my curiosity.. I shall just go away after spending some time here.”

By now the demoness Lanka was seething with rage. She retorted in a harsh voice.

“ You wicked monkey, do you expect to enter this city on your sight seeing spree, ignoring my warning ? This place is protected by Ravana and his orders are clear..

You cannot enter without defeating me. And that is an impossibility..’

Hanuman replied..

“ Madam, why are you so worked up? I have not come here to take permanent residence.. I shall just look around and then leave without making any fuss..’‘

The patience of Lankini ( the lady ) has hit a rock bottom by now.

She stretched her right palm fully flat and gave Hanuman a very heavy thrash.

The impact of the flat palm did not give much pain to Hanuman, but the entire episode had angered and irritated him beyond tolerance levels.

He just held together his left fingers and thumb pressed into the palm making a tight fist, and delivered a mighty punch on the face of the demoness..

In fact Hanuman had eschewed greater violence just because he knew his antagonist was a lady..

Lankini caught the punch on her face and her ugly face and body shook violently and writhing in agony she fell on the ground motionless.

Hanuman was filled with remorse and pity..

He was indeed very sad that he caused agony to a lady, even though that lady was a wicked demoness.

However, the lady came to her senses after some time, and rose and stood up before Hanuman, and told him in a sumbissive and and friendly tone.

“ Oh, the Valiant one, may you be pleased on me. May you be pleased to grand protection for me.

Oh Hanuman, you are indeed great.

I am the city of Lanka and I have been conquered by your valour.

I have been under the control of Ravana under captivity.

A boon has been granted to me by Brahmadeva. that a valiant monkey would come to my city and

I would be beaten.. That was the day for my freedom..

And it has been further informed by Brahmadeva that when I get beaten by that monkey, it was the sign that the destruction for Ravana and his clan was imminent.

That day has arrived.

The doom fo r Ravana and his people is just a call away.

Hanuman, you can now enter the city of Lanka and do whatever you deem fit and proper.. I am sure you will do things that are for the benefit of Rama and Sita..”

Saying this the LankaSri took leave of Hanuman and left.. and along with her the fortune of Ravana too must have left him..

The story will continue next day.. God willing..

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The process of writing Ramayanam starts….12

The story of Valmiki Ramayanam till Hanuman landed up in the Shores of the Island of Lanka was discussed yesterday.. The link to the post is given at the bottom of this post

Story continued..

As his flight to Lanka reached its last lap, the Trikoota Ranges, the green forests, the beautiful valleys, the rivers and rivulets fron the ma

inland of the island flowing towards the sea , all became visible for Hanuman.

Hanuman reminded himself that he was on a mission as a one man army.. and the mission was very hazardous and sensitive too.

His activities in Lanka, inclusing discovery of Sita and reconnaissance for strategic defence locations in the Rakshasa city were of vital importance in chalking out further course of action for Rama, Sugriva and the army of monkeys.

He had alredy stretched his own body to a gigantic size to suit the strenous flight of one hundred Yojanas over the southern seas..

However he knew that if he entered the city of Lanka in that shape, he would be immediately spotted and whatever be his size and strength he could be easily captured by the armed forces of Ravana in his own place.

And sure, getting captured by the enemy was the last item in the agenda of the monkey..

Of course, Hanuman was a very brilliant strategist, and his resourcefulness was beyond any limits in any situation..

So he told himself that he could assume some camouflague and manage to make entry into the fortress at the right time and sezing the right opportunity.

Then Hanuman first reduced his own size to normal levels, stationed himself at some vantage position atop the Trikuta Ranges from where he could get a panoramic view of the entire island, and made a very keen visual assessment of the entire locality.

The island and the city in its midst looked splendid indeed. Ravanas capital city was build atop the Trikoota Ranges..

The city was planned and constructed by the architect of the Gods, Vishvakarma.

The city just gave the impression as if it were just another Amaravathi.. the present city of the God of treasures, Kubera ( In fact this lanka was once occupied by Kubera and Ravana, his step brother had driven him away, captured it, and occupied it too with all his forces).

As Hanuman was jumping aroud, the greens with thick foliage, the creepers and shrubs, all laden with flowers, shook at his footfall, and the shower of flowers fell on his entire body..

It looked as if Lanka was welcoming him with shower of sweet scented flowers.

And once his interest in the adventure has been kindled, Hanuman forgot all his fatigue..

He had undertaken a strenous flight over the sea, facing so many vicissitudes.

But no signs of tiredness were visible in him.. and he was even wondering to himself that there was not trace of weakness could be found in himself.

Standing erect but concealed at the top of Trikuta mountain Hanuman made a survey of the city of Lanka with its fortresses, mansions, ramparts, roads and lanes, gardens and bowers..

The attractive flora and fauna of the locality too did not escape his attentive gaze.

Ravana by nature was an aggressive chieftain of the demons..

Therefore he expected attacks from all directions at any time. So his security arrangements were very thorough..

And when he abducted Sita, he knew that he was locking horns with one of the greatest warriors of all time, Rama, and therefore he had beefed up his defence fortifications too.

Hanuman, the brilliant military analyst, could easily understand that the defence of Lanka was almost impregnable..

It would have been a tall order for the princes Rama and Lakshmana and the monkey army even to reach the side of the sea where Lanks is located, after negotiating the vast expanse of sea intervening right from the mainland of India located in the North..

In Hanuman's assessment only Sugriva, Angada, Neela and Hanuman himself were capable of jumping over such a large distance and reaching Lanka.

And considering the military strength of Ravana, and the architecture and strtegic location of the fort, even these four might not succeed in entering the city..

Even if they entered, just four monkeys stood no chance in a combat with a huge army of Rakshasas.

Then he told himself that the first priority for him at athat point would be to manage to meet Sita and have a one to one talk with her..

He should also manage to cover as much area he could in the city in a reconnaissance spree, to assess the location of persons, and resources that could be attacked and conquered if an when the war took place..

The first point to be scored at that time was to gain ingress into the city.

At the same time, Hanuman cautioned himself that he should not act with excessive enthusiasm that would give way to errors..

He was all alone..

And His mission was the last hope for recovery of Sita..

If he faltered, everything would be lost..

There wwere no back up plans..

Even the best among people when they are alone and left fending for themselves in such a lonely state were prone to err..

He must enter Lanka and meet Sita.. But he should not permit himself to be discovered by the guards of Ravana..

If they saw him, they might torture him to the confession that he had come from Rama, and once that was discovered, Ravana would not hesitate to kill him and perhaps Sita too..

If that happened, that would be the end of all plans..

The dusk was fast approaching..

Hanuman waited for the Sun to set .

He knew he could not enter the city in his normal size and go unnotices..

So he assumed the size of a thin, hungry monkey, the size of a cat, ostensibly running around the streets of lanka searching for some food.. or out of monkeyish curiosity.

Accordingly as the night fell, Hanuman, assuming the size of a small emaciated cat made his entry into Lanka.. indeed a big leap of success in his mission Discovery of Sita..

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The adventures of Hanuman inside the city of Lanka could be discussed during subsequent posts, god willing..

This is the 12 th in a series of posts on Ramayanam..

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The process of writing Ramayanam starts….11

( This is in continuation of earlier posts in the series on valmiki ramayanam.. the link for the last post is given at the bottom of this … and earlier links could be found in the respective earlier posts..)

The story of Hanuman’s journey to wards Lanka, continues..

After taking leave of Surasa, the Nagamata, Hanumanji rose again to a comfortable height in the sky over the Southern sears and continued with his navigation towards lanka.

A fierce demoness by name Simhika, was occupying the surface of the sea..

Her way of capturing her prey for her food which were the sky borne beings, was very queer.

She could capture the shadow of anything moving over her in the sky, and the moving object too got trapped..

Then she would capture the moving being by growing to a huge form and opening her wide mouth to swallow the prey..

In fact, the king of Monkeys Sugriva had mentioned about the demonic capturer of the shadows in the mid sea, while discussing the possibilities our search operations in the southern direction.

As Hanuman was happily going ahead with his flight in the company of birds, gandharvas, Vidhyadharas, Stars, and clouds of myriad colours, he suddenly felt a drag, a slight feeling of discomfort at being pulled down to the water level..

He remembered Sugriva’s warning about the Chayagrahi (the capturer of shadow ) monster.

And before long the demoness, who had been starved for a long period, made her appearance and told Hanuman that she was happy that such a huge monkey with all flesh and muscles had come to her grips, while she was waiting exactly for such a windfall..

She grew up, opened her mouth and tried to drag Hanuman through her strong breath..

But Hanuman enlarged himself beyond the size of the mouth as and when demoness started opening her mouth wider and wider Hanuman also puffed up this torso..

This was almost similar to what de did with Surasa the Naga mother, ealier in the flight..

Meanwhile, the clever Hanuman was making a through survey of the contents of the mouth of the demoness.. and had seen the crevice leading to her heart..

So when the demoness was holding her mouth wide open, Hanuman just shrunk himself a little, made a fast move, entered the dirty mouth of the demoness, piereced the fleshy layers inside the throat with his sharp fingers, caught hold of her heart, pulled it and managed to pluck it and jump out..

Once her heart was plucked away the demoness died a painful death and fell plump into the bottom of the ocean..

So Hanuman had passed four tests by the Gods now..

First, his take off from Mahendra Moutain, Second his encounter with mount Mainaka, third his rendezvous with the mother of Nagas Surasa and final and fourth, his victory over the demoness Simhika..

The gods all gathered around him and praised four of his great qualities brought to use in the course of this odyssey.. They told Him,

“ You have come out with flying colours in all the four tests given for you.. your victory over this demoness is all the more praiseworthy..

You best among monkeys, you have the four qualities, boldness, discretion, intelligence and efficiency.. all in great abundance, and you have put such sterling qualities to effective use in your recent encounters..

Our expectation and faith that you will emerge successful in your mission undertaken for the welfare of Rama is greatly reinforced.. May you go ahead and may your mission meet with resounding success”

By this time, the journey had reached almost its last lap.. Looking down, Hanuman could see a beach, thick vegetation and edges of rocks and fortressed on the farther side of the ocean.. He knew that he was about to land himself on the shores of Ravanas land.. the Island of Lanka.

As he progressed, the saw a huge mountain on the shores of Lanka.. the mountain was called Malaya mountain of the south.

Further progress of Hanumanjis mission could be discussed in the next post.. which I expect to publish the next day…God willing..

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The astute minister of Sugriva, the valiant lieutenant of Sri Rama, Hanuman, jumped over the Southern seas from India to Lanka where the Rakshasa monarch Ravana ruled..

Hanuamas adventurous mission was to search and discover the whereabouts of Mata Sita, whom the Demon Chieftain had abducted.

Surpassing many hurdles, Hanumanji is now stationed near the colony of residential palaces in the city of Lanka where Ravana Himself along with his close kinsmen, generals, ministers and courtiers resided.

The imposing central palace was occupied by Ravana and the other palaces were occupied by his close aides.

The residential colony was under the vigilant and uninterrupted watchful protection of fierce, and really giant sized Rakshasas.

The walls of the buildings were covered with silver sheaths. The main halls and alleys were decorated with gold.. Each house had many rooms, ante rooms, huge halls of various sizes, all well built and well decorated with precious metals, gems, and furnished and upholstered with skins of tiger, lion, deer and other fancy animals.

The armed foot soldiers were backed up by soldiers atop pedigree horses brought in from all parts of the world, and huge elephants too were arrayed in large numbers. It was a round the clock vigil with periodical change of personnel an animals. In addition to this armed guards were patrolling around at regular intervals riding swift chariots..

The signs of supreme affluence and opulence was evident all around. The air was filled with sweet sounds of music emanating from the palaces.. The atmosphere was filled with loud announcements

heralding the victory of the demon king..

Hanuman set out on his mission of reconnaissance with all alacrity.. jumping from one house to another house methodically. He was all alone, away, away from all his kinsmen, but he was bold, no trace of fear affected Him and he went about his job with keen sense of purpose.

Hanumanji started his search from the residence of the demon Prahasta.. He jumped on ahead to the residence of Mahaparshva, Kumbhakarna, Vibheeshana, Mahodara, Viroopaksha, Vidhyujjihva, vidyunmaalee, Vajradamshtra, Shuka, Sarana, Indrajit, Jambumaalee, Sumali, Rashmikethu, Soorya Shatru, Vajrakaya, Dhoomraaksha, Sampaati, Vidyutroopa, Bheema, Ghana, Vighana, Shukanaasa, Vakra, Shata, Vikata, Brhamakarna, Damshtra, Romasha, Yudonmatta, Mattha, Dvajagreeva, Atikaaya, Aksha, Indrajihva, Hastimukha, Akambana, Karala, Pishaacha, Shonitaksha, Pishaacha, Devantaka, Narantaka, Kumbha, Nikumbha, Ugravaktra, Ghora and Ghoraarava

( Hanuman must have been one of the earlier prototypes of census enumerators.. but this enumeration was in secret, in the darkness of the night in a foreign land.. The names can be used even now to name babies especially for the ultramodern parents.)

Hanuman was really amazed to witness the affluent lifestyle of all these kinsmen and lieutenants of Ravana.

Finally the valiant Hanuman reached the huge mansion of Ravana Himself

He found that Rakshasis with deformed and ugly eyes were guarding the place all around and changing guards at regula intervals. They carried all sorts of weapons like spears, darts, bows and arrows, thorny mazes, and so on..

Various army formations were stationed around the Royal Palace. The army consisted of demons carrying all sorts of lethal weapons.

There were hundreds of well bred horses with soldiers atop. There were elephants caparisoned and armoured and ready for combat at very short notice.

And nearer the palace, there were gardens, bowers, and niches of pleasure all attached to the main building.. The halls were well lit and were stocked with rich food and beverages and the plates and utensils were all made of gold and studded with precious gems. And the urns, plates and cups were ever full with food and drinks..

( This is a condensation of the graphic description of Ravanas place, as found in theSundarakandam of Valmiki Ramaynam.. )

The story can continue.. with grace of God.. next day.

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Continued from earlier post ..

राक्षसीतर्जनं चैव छायाग्रहस्य दर्शनम्

सिम्हिकायाश्च निधनं लङ्कामलयदर्शनम्।

रात्रौ लङ्काप्रवेशं च एकस्यापि विचिन्तनम्॥२९

rākṣasītarjanaṁ caiva chāyāgrahasya darśanam

simhikāyāśca nidhanaṁ laṅkāmalayadarśanam|

rātrau laṅkāpraveśaṁ ca ekasyāpi vicintanam||29

The progress in Lord Hanuman’s flight towards Lanka over the southern seas was where we stopped yesterday..

The mountain Mainaka offered hospitality to Hanuman, which the Lord accepted in token by touching the summit of the mountain by his hands and soared up and proceeded towards Lanka..

The gods and other denizens of heaven were watching in great adulation the activities of Hanuman..

They first saw the first glorious feat of Anjaneya in jumping from the Mount Mahendra..

Then they witnessed the second great feat too.. Negotiating the huge mountain Mainaka which rose in his path..

The king of Devas, Indra was pleased with the attitude of Mainaka in offering help to Hanuman..

Therefore, he reassured Mainaka that the mountain need not have any fears about any aggressive attack from indra..

The Gods were impressed by the two feats of valour by Lord Hanuman.. His strength and valour were revealed in abundance through these feats.. But still they were interested in testing his resourcefulness.

So the devas approached Surasa, the daughter of Daksha Prajapathi, and the mother of all the Nagas and requested her to stand in the way of Hanuman taking the form of a huge Rakshasi or demoness, and obstruct his way and test him..

Accordingly the mother of Nagas assumed the form of a demoness and manifested in the middle of the sea, in a huge and awe inspiring form.. with huge read eyes and a wide mouth with curved and crooked teeth..

Just as Hanuman approached her in his onward air-born odyssey, the demoness accosted him and told that he was ordained as the food for her at that moment, and that he should enter her mouth..

Hanuman understood the greatness of the Divine daughter of Daksha and requested her politely allow him to proceed towards Lanka in his mission of discovery of Sita..

He assured her that once his mission was completed, he would return to her and offer himself as food for her..

The demoness Surasa was adamant..

She said that it was the command and boon of the Creator that anyone crossing her presence should enter her mouth as food.. and the law was immutable..

Hanuman was rather upset..

He told her that she should open her mouth wide enough to accommodate his entry..

Surasa opened her mouth as wide as ten yojanas.. and then Anjaneya made himself as large as ten yojanas so that her mouth could not accommodate him…

Then the demoness opened her mouth by a larger width of twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, seventy, eighty ninety yojanas, and hanuman enlarged himself to identical girth so that Surasa’s wide mouth could not accommodate him..

Finally Surasa enlarged her mouth to a width of one hundred yojana..

Hanumanji was clever enough not to carry on with the game any more..

He suddenly reduced his own girth to the size of a thumb , and entered the huge cave-like recess of the mouth of Surasa, and before she could understand the trick played by Hanuman, he just floated back out of that wide mouth.

And floating on the sky outside, the revered monkey lord told Surasa..

‘ My pranams to you, Devi Dakshayani, the mother of Nagas, As commanded by you I have entered your mouth, and has emerged out.. May I be given permission to proceed ahead in furtherance of the duty assigned to me in the service of my Lord Rama.. May I go ahead in search of Sita.. The boon given to you by Brahama about people not going away from you without entering your mouth has been obeyed”

Surasa was pleased with the resourcefulness exhibited by Hanuman.

She assumed her divine form.. and told Hanuman..

“ Son, I am pleased with your resourcefulness..

You may now proceed in furtherance of your mission for the benefit of that great Soul Rama and may you succeed in uniting Rama and Sita the daughter of Videha king Janaka..”

Seeing this act of great wisdom and alacrity on the part of hanuman, the Gods were greatly pleased.

Hope to continue with the story the next day.. if permitted by God..

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The process of writing Ramayanam Starts..9

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(continued from the earlier post the link for which is given at the bottom.)

पर्वतारोहणं चापि सागरस्य च लङ्खनम्।

समुद्रवचनाच्चैव मैनाकस्य च दर्शनम्॥ २८

parvatārohaṇaṁ cāpi sāgarasya ca laṅkhanam|

samudravacanāccaiva mainākasya ca darśanam|| 28

The story of Ramayanam upto the point where Anjaneyaswamy climbed to the summit of Mahendra mountain, with his mind set on jumping over the sea to reach the Island of Lanka where Ravana held Devi Sita as captive, has already been covered in the earlier posts..

Standing atop the Mahendra mountain, Lord Hanuman rose to his full and imposing form, held up his arms and concentrating within himself all his Yogic powers, pressed hard on the mountain Mahendra with his feet and propelled himself at great speed into the sky in the southern direction over the sea..

This action of great valour and skill was being watched by all the gods and demigods assembled in the sky..

The Southern Sea, which was ever indebted to the kings of the solar race as it was a king from that lineage, Sagara who created it and it was Bhagiratha another kings of that race who filled it with the waters of Ganga, felt that when Hanuman was soaring over it for the welfare of Rama, a prince of of the solar race, it was its duty to offer hospitality to the emissary and lieutenant of Rama..

Mainaka, the mountain who was the son of Himalaya, was staying submerged in the Southern Seas hiding from the thunderbolt of Indra.. It so happened that mountains had wings at one time, and they flew all over the sky like huge birds, and landed themselves on any piece of earth as and when they liked. Such sudden landing of mountains caused damage to the valleys and towns, and caused heavy loss of lives to men and beasts.. So the Lord of Devas, Indra decided to chop off the wings of all the mountains, and send his weapon thunderbolt or Vajrayudha on this mission.. All the mountains fell down wingless, but Mainaka just flew southwards and took refuge in the sea.. and stayed there hidden from the assault by Indra.. It was the god of wind Vayudeva, who had helped Mainaka to fly such a long distance and land up inside the south sea.. The sea, prodded by its sense of duty towards the Solar Race, asked Mainaka to raise up and station himself high up in the path of flight negotiated by Hanuman, and offer him rest, and hospitality with fruits, water and other comforts.. Mainaka too was eager to pay respects to the son of the Wind god as the wind god had helped him to save his wings earlier..

Accordingly Mainaka rose up and waited in the path through which Hanuman was flying.. The top of the mountain was packed with fruits and other offerings for the valorous emissary of Rama.. The mountain Mainaka appeared in human form and offered welcome and hospitality to Hanuman, and recalled the gratitude that the sea and the mountain owed to the Solar Race, Wind god, Rama and Hanuman..

However, the indomitable Hanuman was focused simple in his mission to reach Lanka as early as possible. He politely refused to descend and receive the hospitality, but just touched the mountain with his arms and feet in the course of his flight and continued to proceed fast in the direction of Lanka..

(This narration covers an important part of Sundarakandam.. where the gods are actually testing the valour of Hanuman.. whether he is the apt lieutenant of Rama.. whether he is bold and resourceful, whether he will be capable of playing the sheet anchor role in Rama’s war with Ravana.)

Just a minor part of Hanumans Journey is covered here..

Hope to continue with the narration the next day… if God permits..

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The process of writing Ramayanam Starts 14

The previous narrative stopped when Hanuman had delivered a strong punch to the Lankini and brushing aside her resistance, he set out to enter the city of Lanka.. during the night.

Lord Anjaneya entered the city of Lanka coolly and silently.. But he did not choose the main gate as his entry point.. He scaled a wall on the side and jumped in, ensuring that his left foot landed in the soil of the city first.. That exactly is the way one should enter the place of an enemy whom he wants to finish off

Hanuman wandered around the city of Lanka with sufficient care and alacrity. The night life in Lanka at its peak then..

He found that the Rakshasas in Lanka were living a really posh life in well built and well furnished mansions.

The men inside were going ahead with studies of scriptures and were repeatedly chanting the praise of their Lord and master Ravana. The ladies were making merry with songs and dance.

Everything looked calm, comfortable and cozy in the city.. But the sharp eyed Hanuman did not fail to notice the presencce of spies, sentinels and plainclothesmen of the Demon KIng going all along, round by round, at regular intervals. Their agility and sense of purpose were not missed by the Minister of Rama.

Hanuman came across various kinds of demons . Some wore long beards, some were bald or had their heads shaved. They wore various garments, made of clothes, leather, sheaths of metal, hair and so on. They carried all sorts of weapons, right from mere bunches of grass to deadly spears and swords and huge clubs.

There were fat people.. really fat.. They were thin people, pencil thin. There were people who were toweringly tall.. There were tiny dwarfs. There were people with fair complexion and there were people with pitch dark colour too.. There were people with well formed limbs and organs, and there were people with multiple eyes, grotesque teeth, deformed noses and limbs and there were people with limbs growing in the wrong places..

He managed to saunter through the streets and reach the precincts of the hillock atop which the impressively huge and attractive mansion of Ravana was situate..

He found that a very huge army of strong running to thousands demons, all armed with multiple arms and ammunition, and found that the force was on a round the clock vigil.

The approach to the palace was guarded by huge fortresses and also very wide and deep trenches

The whole palace was decorated with gold foils and studded with gems, pearls, and other costly ornamental pieces.

The entire area was filled with the fragrance of incense

As he was approaching the Palace of Ravana, the moon was rising.

The revelry of the early night was subsiding and the aristocrats among the citizens were withdrawing for their nights sleep.

However, the vagrant Rakshasas, whose habit was to loiter around during nights were on the prowl.

Such vagrants had fortified themselves with booze. They were shouting at one another, alternating between friendly talk and choicest abuses at one another..

They were alternately embracing one another with their fat hands and were pulling and pushing at each other the next moment..

Of course, Hanuman could avoid notice of the army men and the Rakshasas and could continue with his search for mother Sita

He could not find the Princess.. and he knew that instinctively..

How could he find such a noble and classy lady among the motley crowd in the streets

He decided to make a stealthy entry into the harem of Ravana..

And he executed the plan too with great efficients..

The narrative would continue,, next day..

( The above narrative is a brief condensation of the description in Valmiki Ramayanam)

punātu bhuvanaṁ puṇyā rāmāyaṇamahānadī

वाल्मीकिगिरिसंभूता रामसागरगामिनी।

पुनातु भुवनं पुण्या रामायणमहानदीII

vātmīkigirisaṁbhūtā rāmasāgaragāminī|

punātu bhuvanaṁ puṇyā rāmāyaṇamahānadī||

the Sacred River that is Ramayanam,

which originates in the mountain names Vaalmiki

and flows into the ocean which is none other than Rama Himself, may purify the entire world.. the entire earth with all its beauty..

Tomorrow starts the Month of Karkidakam, the month of Ramayanam..

The entire spirit of Ramayanam is eulogized in the above simple slokam..

The story of Rama is sacred for all.. even beyond religious boundaries..

For the South Asian Continent, Ramayana is a proud chronicle of a glorious past..

For everyone who is looking up for an ideal human being whose life he wants to emulate, Rama is always the first choice..

For efficiency, determination, strength and steadfastness, Hanuman is the ultimate benchmark

And for all that is pure, sweet and delicate and merciful mother Sita is the standard

And Ramayana is the Story, of these three and many others ..

For the lovers of Sanskrit, Ramayanam is the first ever Kaavyam, the beacon-light of enlightenment

It is time to pay our respects to the great poet, his sublime creation and to Rama, Sita and Lord Anjaneya too

for Sanskrit lovers

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वाल्मीकिगिरि संभूता having her origin in the mountain named Valmiki

राम सागर गामिनी flowing towards the ocean named Ramaa

पुण्या the most sacred

रामायण महानदी great river that is Ramayanam

भुवनं पुनातु may purify the entire world..

Wherever Rama is living, even if it is just forest, that place becomes a well established welfare state.

न हि तद्भविता राष्ट्रं यत्र रामो न भूपतिः।

तद्वनं भविता राष्ट्रं यत्र रामो निवस्यति॥

श्रीमद् वाल्मीकिरामायणे॥

na hi tadbhavitā rāṣṭraṁ yatra rāmo na bhūpatiḥ|

tadvanaṁ bhavitā rāṣṭraṁ yatra rāmo nivasyati||

śrīmad vālmīkirāmāyaṇe||

Sage Vasishta, the preceptor of the Solar dynasty crisply sums up the greatness of Rama

Without Rama as king, a piece of land, a region or landcaspe occupied by people would not become a well established,well administered Nation State.

Wherever Rama is living, even if it is just forest, that place becomes a well established welfare state.

Here, the word Rama cannot be considered merely to denote a human being or even a divinity. In fact the Indian mind just discovered the quintessence of welfare state and just administration in the name and symbol of Rama. The fundamental measure for just administration is just what Rama did.

So Rama is the symbol for Indians.. the ultimate symbol that represents all that is great and sublime.

May that Divine being lead us in the path of righteousness and goodwill for ever

यत्र where रामः Rama भूपतिः the master and controller of the land न भवति is not तद् that entity, that place राष्ट्रं a well established state, kingdom land न भविता would never be यत्र where रामो Rama निवस्यति stays, is present तद that वनं forest अपि too राष्ट्रं भविता becomes a welfare state, a well ruled nation.

ന ഹി തദ്ഭവിതാ രാഷ്ട്രം യത്ര രാമോ ന ഭൂപതിഃ।

തദ്വനം ഭവിതാ രാഷ്ട്രം യത്ര രാമോ നിവസ്യതി॥

ശ്രീമദ് വാല്മീകിരാമായണേ॥

ശ്രീരാമനെക്കുറിച്ച് സൂര്യവംശത്തിന്‍റെ കുലഗുരുവായ വസിഷ്ഠമഹര്‍ഷിയുടെ വിലയിരുത്തല്‍ അന്ന് ഇത്

ഒരു രാജ്യം, ഒരു ഭൂപ്രദേശം അത് എത്ര വിലയെരിയതായാലും സമൃദ്ധം ആയാലും അത് ഭരിക്കുവാന്‍, അവിടത്തെ ജനതയെ നയിക്കുവാന്‍ രാമന്‍ ഇല്ല എങ്കില്‍ അത് ഒരു രാഷ്ട്രം, നീതിയോടെ ഭരിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ഭൂവിഭാഗം ആവുകയില്ല, ഒരിക്കലും

രാമന്‍ എവിടെ താമസിക്കുന്നുവോ, അത് കൊടും കാടായാല്‍പ്പോലും രാമന്‍റെ പ്രഭാവം കൊണ്ട് സമൃദ്ധമായ രാഷ്ട്രമായി മാറുന്നു.

ഇവിടെ രാമന്‍ എന്ന വാക്ക് ഒരു വ്യക്തിയെയോ ദേവതയെയോ മാത്രം കുറിക്കുന്ന തായി കുറച്ചു കാണരുത്. മഹത്തായി ഭാരതീയന്‍ കണ്ടതും ആശിച്ചതും എല്ലാം ഒരു വ്യക്തിയുടെ രൂപത്തില്‍ ഉടലെടുത്ത സങ്കേതം ആണ് ശ്രീ രാമന്‍. ഭാരതത്തിന്റെ നന്മയുടെ ആകത്തുക

നമുക്ക് രാമനെക്കുറിച്ച് ചിന്തിക്കുമ്പോള്‍ നന്മയും നീതിയും മാത്രമെ മനസ്സില്‍ വരികയുള്ളൂ.

ആ വെളിച്ചം നമ്മെ നയിക്കട്ടെ.

state without a leader

यथा ह्यनुदकाः नद्यो यथा वाप्यतृणं वनम्।

अगोपाला याथा गावः थथा राष्ट्रमनायकम्॥

इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे २३३८ वाल्मीकिरामायणे

yathā hyanudakāḥ nadyo yathā vāpyatṛṇaṁ vanam|

agopālā yāthā gāvaḥ thathā rāṣṭramanāyakam||

indiśce spruce 2338 vālmīkirāmāyaṇe

A state without an effective leader is simply like a river without water, a jungle where not even grass grows and a herd of cattle without a cowherd.. Total disorder and insecurity.

Comparison between Valmiki and Ezhuthassan is not possible..

When I was discussing some incident in Ramayanam, relying on the story narrated by Valmiki, I received a rejoinder that Ezhuthassan in Adhyatma Ramayanam has taken a different storyline.

My response is:-

Comparison between Valmiki and Ezhuthassan is not possible..

The Ramayanam created by Valmiki is at least three thousand years old, and has universal acceptance.. as far as authenticity is concerned.

Either as a semi-historic document or as a spiritual text, Valmiki's Ramayana is the last word for the followers of Rama, Indian and Hindu culture and lore ..

There can be no reason to dispute this.

Adhyatma Ramayanam even in Sanskrit came much later and is included in Brahmanda Puranam and even that inclusion is traced to 13th to 15th century of Christian Era.

Ezhuthassan just translated and interpolated or extrapolated a text going by the name Adhyatma Ramayanam in Sanskrit.

This text, even in its original form, has not received the same level of acceptance as the work credited to Valmiki. Ezhuthassan is just a local poet, confined at best to the territories of Kerala.. and he lived just five or six centuries ago.

Therefore what purpose will be served by comparing what Valmiki said and what Ezhuththassan said ?

Time considers no one as a relative. It listens to no reasoning and arguments

मासर्तुसंज्ञापरिवर्तनेन सूर्याग्निना रात्रिदिवेन्धनेन।

स्वकर्मनिष्ठाफल साक्षिकेण भूतानि कालः पचति प्रसह्य॥

महाभारते शान्तिपर्वे ३०७-७०

न कालस्यास्ति बन्धुत्वं न हेतुर्न पराक्रमः।

न मित्रज्ञाति संबन्धः कारणं नात्मनो वशः॥

वाल्मीकिरामायणे किष्किन्धाकाण्डे २५-७

māsartusaṁjñāparivartanena sūryāgninā rātridivendhanena|

svakarmaniṣṭhāphala sākṣikeṇa bhūtāni kālaḥ pacati prasahya||

mahābhārate śāntiparve 307-70

na kālasyāsti bandhutvaṁ na heturna parākramaḥ|

na mitrajñāti saṁbandhaḥ kāraṇaṁ nātmano vaśaḥ||

vālmīkirāmāyaṇe kiṣkindhākāṇḍe 25-7

The time without much ostentation but steadily applying its authority, just cooks, and burns out all living beings using the Sun as Fire, just going through the changes in months, seasons, days and nights and using them as the fuels and retaining as firm witnesses the result of actions and penance of the beings under its control.

Time considers no one as a relative. It listens to no reasoning and arguments. It does not care about the strength and valour of anyone. It has no special consideration for any friends, relatives or associate. The logic and reasoning for its actions are beyond the control of the beings governed by it.

മാസര്‍തുസംജ്ഞാപരിവര്‍തനേന സൂര്യാഗ്നിനാ രാത്രിദിവേന്ധനേന।

സ്വകര്‍മനിഷ്ഠാഫല സാക്ഷികേണ ഭൂതാനി കാലഃ പചതി പ്രസഹ്യ॥

മഹാഭാരതേ ശാന്തിപര്‍വേ ൩൦൭-൭൦

ന കാലസ്യാസ്തി ബന്ധുത്വം ന ഹേതുര്‍ന പരാക്രമഃ।

ന മിത്രജ്ഞാതി സംബന്ധഃ കാരണം നാത്മനോ വശഃ॥

വാല്മീകിരാമായണേ കിഷ്കിന്ധാകാണ്ഡേ ൨൫-൭

ആഡംബരമോ വലിയ ആര്‍ഭാ ടമോ ഒന്നും പുറത്തു കാണിക്കാതെ, അതേ സമയം നിശ്ചയദാര്‍ഢ്യത്തോടും തികഞ്ഞ കാര്യക്ഷമതയോടും കൂടി കാലം എല്ലാ ജീവികളെയും പാകം ചെയ്യുന്നു, പാകപ്പെടുത്തി എടുക്കുന്നു.

ഈ പ്രക്രിയ മാസങ്ങളും ഋതുക്കളും രാത്രികളും പകലുകളും മാറിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുമ്പോഴും തുടര്‍ന്നു കൊണ്ടേയിരിക്കും.

സൂര്യന്‍ ഈ പചനപ്രക്രിയ്ക്കുള്ള അഗ്നിയാണ്. മാറിവരുന്ന മാസങ്ങളും ഋതുക്കളും രാവുകളും പകലുകളും ഈ പ്രവര്‍ത്തനത്തിനു ഇന്ധനങ്ങള്‍ ആവുന്നു.. ഓരോ ജീവിയുടെയും കര്‍മ്മങ്ങളും തപസും നിഷ്ടയും എല്ലാം കാലത്തിന്‍റെ ഇടതടവില്ലാത്ത ഈ മുന്നേറ്റത്തിന് സാക്ഷ്യം വഹിക്കുന്നു.

കാലം ആരെയും ബന്ധുവായി കണക്കാക്കുന്നില്ല. ഒരു വാദത്തിനും വിവരണത്തിനും കാലം ചെവി കൊടുക്കുകയില്ല. ഒരു ജീവിയുടെയും ബലവും ശക്തിയും കാലത്തിനു ഒരു പ്രശ്നമല്ല. ആരെങ്കിലും ചങ്ങാതി ആണെന്നോ, ബന്ധു ആണെന്നോ ചാര്‍ച്ചക്കാരന്‍ ആണെന്നോ ഉള്ള പരിഗണന കാലത്തിന്‍റെ ഭാഗത്തുനിന്ന് ഒരിക്കലും പ്രതീക്ഷികാനില്ല. കാലത്തിന്‍റെ ചെയ്തികളുടെ നിയന്ത്രണവും യുക്തിയും കാലത്തിന്‍റെ വരുതിയില്‍ മുന്നോട്ടു പോകുന്ന ജീവികളുടെ നിയന്ത്രണത്തില്‍ ഒരിക്കലും ഉണ്ടാവുകയില്ല.

Ravana

 

Ravana was defeated only because two great forces, that of Rama and Hanuman joined. The first meeting of Ravana and Hanuman is revealing.. Ravana wonders whether, Lord Shambu or Bhagavan Nandi has appeared before him in disguise. Hanuman is wonderstruck by the splendour of Ravana.. He confesses in His mind that if Ravana had not committed the wrong deed of abducting Sita, he would have been unconquerable- according to Hanuman's thinking only adharma was going to be the killer of Ravana.. One has to read the Eulogy Rama pays to Ravana after the latter's death to know how much he respected the strength of Ravana..

Every soldier should have a Ravana in Him. - One of the bravest soldiers ever lived- greatest leader-dignified even in his death.. Rama orders a soldier's honour to Ravana at his funeral..

The battle between devas and asuras and rakshasas have a different dimension.. I have read Uttarakandam to Ramayanam too. Of course, there is discussion in literary and academic circle whether that part of Ramayanam is integrally connected to the other six Kandams. However, what I wanted to say was that devas were always out to decimate their own half-brothers and cousins that were asuras etc. Ravana for example is the half-brother of Kubera. If Ravana and his uterine brothers had not moved with sense of purpose and defeated devas, they would have annihilated them. At least Ravana and other demons left devas alive. So in a battle, we cannot escape witnessing cruelty... be it in ancient wars or even in the latest wars.. Was Hiroshima any better? I am not justifying wars but we can easily understand the actions of the warring faction in annihilating even with cruelty the rival players..

And regarding Sita in captivity, no thinking person can deny the fact that the Lady was in captivity and absolute control of Ravana for all that period of captivity, and he could have thought of anything and acted on it.. So other questions on that issue are not very relevant.

characters in Ramayanam

 

Ravana is one of the most intriguing characters of Hindu lore. Very difficult to understand his motives. In fact how can one explain his keeping Sita pure under his captivity for almost one year, when he fully knew he could have done anything he wanted if pleasure was his motive?

Actually if we study Ramayana in depth, we would find that the contenders for the number one position in the epic are running very close to one another. The fore runners being Rama, Hanuman and Ravana--running neck to neck, with Bharatha, Kumbhakarna, Lakshmana etc following at very short distances behind.

the knot tied is for ever

 

प्रेत्यभावे हि कल्याण स्सङ्गमो मे सह त्वया।श्रुतिर्हि श्रूयते पुण्या ब्राह्मणानां यशस्विनाम्।।2.29.17।।

इहलोके च पितृभिर्या स्त्री यस्य महामते।अद्भिर्दत्ता स्वधर्मेण प्रेत्यभावेऽपि तस्य सा।।2.29.18।। valmikiramanyanam ayodhyaakaandam.

pretyabhāve hi kalyāṇa ssaṅgamo me saha tvayā।śrutirhi śrūyate puṇyā brāhmaṇānāṃ yaśasvinām।।2.29.17।।

ihaloke ca pitṛbhiryā strī yasya mahāmate।adbhirdattā svadharmeṇa pretyabhāve'pi tasya sā।।2.29.18।।

This quote from Valmikiramayanam, Ayodhyaa Kandam sarga 29, is not just an emotional outpour. It is a solid statement confirming the value of marriage as an institution, as conceived in our culture, according to our greatest Epic.

Kaikeyi destroys or short-circuits the plan for coronation of Rama as the heir apparent of Ayodhya. The boon of Dasaratha binds Rama and he has to adjourn to a life in forest for fourteen year. Rama tells Sita that he would obey the orders of his father and move to forest. Nevertheless, Sita could continue to live in the Palace of Ayodhya. There was no bar for that.

However, the very idea of separation from Rama is even beyond the remotest thoughts of Sita. She insists that she should accompany Rama wherever he goes. The strongest argument she has underlined in the statement given in these two couplets.

“My Lord of immense strength, character and righteousness, the one and only course of glory, welfare and righteousness for me is to be in your inseparable company for ever, in this world. In addition, even if I am dead and become an invisible presence only. I must continue to have that company. Please remember that the most celebrated lawmakers of exemplary repute have all concluded on the authority of Vedas or Shruti that when the parents or people of the clan equivalent to parents, give or entrust her to a man, through pouring water signifying such handing over, the union is irrevocable. The elders conduct the ritual in the traditions prescribed by the rules and practices, and that woman belongs to him and should keep him company in this life and the life afterwards too.

Of course, we Indians value marriage as extremely sacred and as an inseparable bondage between a man and a woman. All civil laws and legislations would keep in view the binding nature of this bond.

But a statement of this fact, when it comes from Sita, especially in a situation ridden by crisis, would provide a great instruction or message for all concerned.

k v a

प्रेत्यभावेऽपि even if I attains the state of preta, even if I am physically dead , त्वया सह सङ्गमः inseparable company with you, मे is for me , कल्याणः the only desirable and auspicious choice in life , यशस्विनाम् by the learned and celebrated ब्राह्मणानाम् scholars पुण्या well defined, auspicious, dharmic श्रुतिः prescription from the Vedas, श्रूयते is understood महामते oh my generous and mighty lord, या स्त्री that woman, when a woman इह लोके in this world, पितृभिः by parents, by the clan, by persons of the status of parents यस्य to whom, स्वधर्मेण in accordance with one's own tradition, according to the dharmic ruls अद्भि: with waters, offered with pouring of water दत्ता is given, is handed over प्रेत्यभावेऽपि even after death, even if the woman dies सा she, तस्य belongs to him. Keeps him constant company.

not at all easy to sustain warm friendships

 

सर्वथा सुकरं मित्रं दुष्करं परिपालनम्।

अनित्यत्त्वात्तु चितानां मतिरल्पोऽपि भिध्यते॥ 

वाल्मीकिरामायणे किष्किन्धाकाण्डे

sarvathā sukaraṁ mitraṁ duṣkaraṁ paripālanam| 

anityattvāttu citānāṁ matiralpo'pi bhidhyate||

 vālmīkirāmāyaṇe kiṣkindhākāṇḍe

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦. 𝐀 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐡𝐲𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐢. 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚’𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐚.

𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐲. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚.

𝐍𝐨𝐰,𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨-𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐚.

𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚.

𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲-𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐣𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐲𝐨𝐝𝐡𝐲𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚

“𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐝, 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.”

𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚’𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨, 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚’𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭.

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦

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सर्वथा always, मित्रम् gaining a friend, friendship सुकरम् easy, comparatively easy to do परिपालनम् to maintain friendship, to have it unbroken, to sustain it दुष्करम् is a very difficult task to achieve चित्तानाम् of two or more minds अनित्यत्वात् fickleness, अल्पेऽपि even on flimsy ground, even for trivial reasons प्रीतिः friendship, level of mutual friendship, mutual liking भिद्यते will break. Can develop fissures.

𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲.𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐨. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐜𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧.

𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞- 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐢, 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝. 𝐈𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫-𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐝.𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐢 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬.

𝐖𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬,𝐁𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧.

𝐓𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧

𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝟐𝟗𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟔𝟖 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞

 

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞.. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲.. 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞.

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𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚̄𝐭𝐩𝐫𝐚̄𝐧̣𝐚̄𝐧 𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬̣𝐲𝐚̄𝐦𝐢 𝐝𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐯𝐨 𝐣𝐢̄𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧̇𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐡̣।

𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐢̄𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐚̄𝐦𝐚̄𝐲𝐚𝐧̣𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐚̄𝐧̣𝐝̣𝐞 𝟓.𝟏𝟑.𝟒𝟕।।

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦… 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐚.. 𝐈𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐚.. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚. 𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚. 𝐒𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚. 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬. 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚. 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.

𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲... 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟

“𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦. “

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വാല്മീകിരാമായണേ സുന്ദരകാണ്ഡേ 𝟓.𝟏𝟑.𝟒𝟕

വാല്‍മീകിരാമായണം സുന്ദരകാണ്ഡത്തില്‍ ഹനുമാന്‍ പറയുന്നതാണ് ഇത്.

അമാനുഷമായ തന്‍റെ കഴിവുകള്‍ എല്ലാം പ്രയോഗിച്ചു ഹനുമാന്‍ സീതാദേവിയെ തേടി സമുദ്രം ചാടിക്കടന്ന് ലങ്കയില്‍ എത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു. ലങ്കാ നഗരം മുഴുവന്‍ കറങ്ങിത്തിരിഞ്ഞ് വീടുവീടാന്തരം കയറിയിറങ്ങി തേടിയിട്ടും ഒരിടത്തും സീതയെ കണ്ടെത്താന്‍ ഹനുമാന് കഴിഞ്ഞില്ല. സമ്പാതി എന്ന കഴുകന്‍ പറഞ്ഞതനുസരിച്ച് സീത ലങ്കയില്‍ രാവണന്‍റെ അധീനതയില്‍ ഉണ്ടെന്ന കാര്യം ഉറപ്പാണ്‌. ഹനുമാനല്ലാതെ വേറൊരാള്‍ക്കും ഇതുപോലെ ലങ്കയില്‍ എത്താനുള്ള കഴിവും ഇല്ല. അതുകൊണ്ട് ഹനുമാന്‍ സീതയെ കണ്ടെത്തിയില്ല എന്ന വസ്തുത അദ്ദേഹത്തിനും വാനരകുലത്തിനും രാമനും ലക്ഷ്മണനും എല്ലാം വന്നു ചേര്‍ന്ന ഒരു വലിയ പരാജയം ആണെന്ന കാര്യം ഹനുമാനെ നിരശനാക്കുന്നു. സീതയെ കണ്ടെത്താതെ തിരിച്ചു സമുദ്രം ചാടിക്കടന്നു ഇന്ത്യയിലെത്തി തന്‍റെ ദൌത്യം പരാജയപ്പെട്ട വിവരം രാമനോടും ലക്ഷ്മണനോടും സുഗ്രീവനോടും അറിയിച്ചാല്‍ അതൊരു വലിയ ദുരന്തത്തില്‍ കലാശിക്കും എന്ന് ഹനുമാന്‍ ഭയപ്പെട്ടു. സീതയെ തിരിച്ചു കിട്ടാന്‍ ഒരു സാധ്യതയും ഇല്ലെന്ന് അറിഞ്ഞാല്‍ രാമനും ലക്ഷ്മണനും സുഗ്രീവനും എല്ലാം ദുഃഖം കൊണ്ട് ജീവത്യാഗം വരെ ചെയ്തേക്കാം എന്ന ആശങ്ക ഹനുമാനുണ്ട്. അതിലും ഭേദം മടങ്ങാതെ ലങ്കയില്‍ ചുറ്റിത്തിരിഞ്ഞു നടക്കുകയോ അവിടെത്തന്നെ ആത്മഹത്യ ചെയ്ത് ജീവിതം അവസാനിപ്പിക്കുകയോ ആണ് ചെയ്യേണ്ടത് എന്ന ചിന്ത ഹനുമാന്‍റെ മനസ്സില്‍ അല്‍പ്പനേരത്തെക്ക് ഉടലെടുക്കുന്നു. താന്‍ മരിച്ചാല്‍ പിന്നെ ഈ വിവരം കടലിന്‍റെ അപ്പുറത്ത് ഉള്ളവര്‍ അറിയുകയില്ല. അവര്‍ എന്നെങ്കിലും നല്ല വാര്‍ത്തകള്‍ വന്നു ചേരും എന്ന പ്രതീക്ഷയില്‍ അവിടെ കഴിഞ്ഞു കൂടുമല്ലോ.

പക്ഷെ ഹനുമാന്‍ ആത്മഹത്യയെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ചിന്ത ഉടനെ തള്ളിക്കളയുന്നു.

അദ്ദേഹം പറയുന്നു

മരണമോ അതുപോലുള്ള വിനാശമോ കൊണ്ട് എണ്ണമറ്റ ദൂഷ്യഫലങ്ങള്‍ മാത്രമേ ഉണ്ടാവുകയുള്ളൂ. ജീവിതം നിലനിര്‍ത്തിയാല്‍ ഒട്ടും വൈകാതെ നന്മയും സൌഖ്യവും വന്നു ചേരും. പക്ഷെ അത്തരം നല്ല ഫലങ്ങള്‍ കാണുകയും അനുഭവിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യണം എങ്കില്‍ ഒരാള്‍ ജീവനോടെ തുടരണം. അതുകൊണ്ട് ശുഭാപ്തിവിശ്വാസം കൈവിടാതെ ജീവന്‍ നിലനിര്‍ത്തി മുന്നോട്ടു പോവുന്നതാണ് എന്തുകൊണ്ടും നല്ലത്

ഇന്ന് നമ്മുടെ നിയന്ത്രണപരിധിയ്ക്ക് അപ്പുറം നില്‍ക്കുന്ന വെല്ലുവിളികള്‍ നേരിടുമ്പോള്‍ പലര്‍ക്കും ആത്മഹത്യ ഒരു പരിഹാരം ആവില്ലേ എന്ന ചിന്ത പലരിലും ഉടലെടുക്കുന്നുണ്ട് എന്നതൊരു ദുഃഖസത്യം ആണ്. ഹനുമാന്‍റെ ഈ ഉപദേശം നമ്മെ മാറി ചിന്തിക്കാന്‍ പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കും എന്ന് ആശിക്കാം. ജീവന്‍ നിലനിര്‍ത്തിയാല്‍ മാത്രമേ പ്രത്യാശക്ക്‌ വഴി ഉള്ളൂ.

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠

 

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𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 (𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥) 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐚𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐢 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨

”𝑨 𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒏. 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒚.

𝑰𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏, 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒅. “

𝒌 𝒗 𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒏

यःwhich one पितुःof the father समतिक्रान्तं errors or omissions committed साधु कुरुते sets right तद् हि that alone अपत्यं the right progeny, the father blessed with the right progeny इति thus प्रोक्तं praised अतः from this अन्यथा otherwise अनपत्यं भवति becomes unworthy of being called a son, rendering the father childless