rayaru 13 mahime raghavendra swamy ರಾಯರು 13 ಮಹಿಮೆ ರಾಘವೇಂದ್ರ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ

SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY’S   SRI RAMACHARITRYA MANJARI

(In the previous episode a question had been raised as to why only Lakshmana, and not Bharata or Shatrughna, accompanied Sri Rama. Sri Lakshminarayana Upadhyaya provides clarification for this query. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

The word Anuja contained in the compound word “mantrAhrudanujasahitastATakAm” provides the answer to this question.

There are words like BhrAta, Anuja, Sahaja in Sanskrit to say younger brother. But, the word “Anuja” means “Anu” + “Ja” which means one who followed his elder brother in character, conduct, behaviour, attitude and every walk of life. Moreover, Lakshmana was born after the birth of Sri Rama to merely ‘follow’ his brother, which is not indicated in Bhrata or Sahaja and so on. Yet again, the fact that even Bharata and Shatrughna were born after Sri Rama gives room for suspicion. The answer is that Lakshmana, the name itself suggests that his whole and sole aim in life was the “Lakshy” or the goal of propitiating Sri Vishnu. Although Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna are all Anujas, Lakshmana, who was an incarnation of Adi ShSha, was superior in terms of devotion and other qualities, than Bharata, who was an incarnation of Manmatha manifested in the Holy Disc Sudarshana, and Shatrughna, an incarnation of Aniruddha manifested in the Holy Conch Panchajanya. Therefore, Lakshmana was most qualified to be Anuja of Sri Rama. In recognition of the devotion that Lakshmana inherited, Sri Rama took him.

Sri Lakshminarayana Upadhyaya states that Sri Raghavendra Rayaru has deftly employed the compound word “mantrAhrudanujasahitaha” in another sense. Apart from breaking the word as “MantrAhrut” and “Anujasahitaha”, it can be further precipitated. The word “MantrA” has been formed from “MantRu” by considering it in the Truteeya Vibhakti, which becomes an adjective of Vishwamitra. The word Vishwamitra becomes “VishwamitrENa” in Truteeya Vibhakti. The word “MantRu” is a derivative of “Manu” which, if explored further to find the root word, reads as “Manu avabODhanE”, which means ‘supreme knowledge’. Substantiating the “mantrAhrut” by invoking this grammatical method, it becomes ‘MantrA VishwAmitrENa neetaha”, which means Sri Rama was taken by most knowledgeable Vishwamitra.

In the eleventh Sarga of Bhagavata it is mentioned “JnAnee priyatamO (a)tO mE jnAnenAsau biBharti mAm”. Sri Hari has great love for knowledge and knowledgeable persons. He says, “A knowledgeable person always carries me in his heart due to his knowledge and therefore such a person is my beloved.” There are several instances in our Scriptures where Lord Hari delivers such statements and therefore, Sri Rama followed Vishwamitra in appreciation and in recognition of his devotion.

It is further stated that the heart is the most important organ in all beings. The word “Hrudanujasahitaha” means that along with younger brother, who was like his own (Rama’s) heart. Sri Rama followed Vishwamitra, along with Lakshmana, who was like his own heart.

In the expression “AhalyA shApam cha”, the word “cha” has been used with a high degree of care and great reverence by Sri Raghavendraru, according to Sri Lakshminarayana Upadhyayaru. “Cha” means that apart from the rare and miraculous acts symbolically indicated in this particular stanza, Sri Rama displayed several other mysterious, astounding, inexplicable and exemplary acts. Sri Raghavendraru has indicated with the word “cha” that many such acts have been mentioned and explained in Moola Ramayana, Sangraha Ramayana, Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya and other texts, though are still short of many more things that are beyond common perception.

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