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SrImate raângarAmAnuja MahA deSikAya namaH
SrImate SrInivAsa rAmAnuja MahA deSikAya namaH
SrImate VedAnta rAmAnuja MahA deSikAya namaH
SrI raânganAtha divya maNi pAdukAbhyAm namaH

AcArya rAmAmRtam  - (from SrI raânganAtha pAdukA  dt. June 08  Part 1)

               English Translation of 
SrImad rAmAyaNa upanyAsam in tamizh by SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan

        As published in SrI raânganAtha pAdukA by
SrI u.ve. nATTEri KiDAmbi rAjagopAlAcAriyAr  (Editor of SrI raânganAtha 
pAdukA)

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SrImad ANDavan tiruvaDi,
kalyANi kRshNamAcAri
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            SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavanâs SrImad rAmAyaNa upanyAsam

tottalar pU'ncuri kuzhal kaikEsi collAl
tol nagaram tuRandu tuRai ga'Ngai tannai
bhaktiyuDai guhan kaDatta vanam pOip pukku
bharatanukkup pAdukamum araSum Indu
cittirak kuDattirundAn tannai inRu
tillainagar tiruccittira kUDantannuL
ettanaiyum kaN kuLirak kANap peRRa
irunilattArkku imaiyavar nErovvAr tAmE!  (perumAL tirumozhi 10-4)

This is KulasEkhara AzhvAr pASuram.

Yesterday we saw the great Slokam in sItA kalyANam -

iyaM sItA mama sutA sahadharma carI tava  |
pratIccha cainAM bhadraM te pANiM gRhNIshva pANinA || (bAla.73.26)

I will tell you two or three sample meanings for this Slokam.  Several 
interpretations exist for this. [AcAryar says he will give two or three 
interpretations, and then gives over 40 interpretations â just an indication 
of the Ocean of Mercy that he is!].

1. iyaM sItA mama sutA sahadharma carI tava  |  This girl is my daughter; she 
will perform dharmam (the prescribed code of conduct) along with you.  She will 
follow whatever dharmam you follow. sahadharma carI tava! pratIccha ca enAm - 
accept her. pANiM gRhNIshva pANinA - Janaka mahArAjA is requesting cakravarti 
tirumagan to do pANigrahaNam - marry sItA.  That is how this Slokam is 
interpreted [the simple meaning].  

2. Do you see anybody say 'This girl is my girl' when they are doing kanyAdAnam 
[giving a daughter away in marriage]?  Isnât it obvious to everyone who the 
bride is! Right?  Why does he alone say iyaM sItA mama sutA - 'this girl is my 
girl'?  Is he worried that, after having spent all the money, performing 
jAnavAsam etc., the groom may marry some other girl and go away?  Is that why 
he is saying iyaM sItA mama sutA?  One can raise that question, right?

Do those who are giving away daughters in marriage nowadays say - 'this girl is 
my girl'?  Why did Janaka mahArAjA alone say that? iyaM sItA mama sutA 
sahadharma carI tava  - He specifically points to her when he says - 'this 
girl'. aparicchedya lAvaNyAdhikaM pratyaksheNa darSayati SrI  rAghavAya â He 
is showing the immeasurable beauty of SitA to SrI rAghavan directly, in front 
of Him.  "Look at this girl's beauty" - he is directing His attention to her 
beauty in person.  When he shows 'this girl' - 'iyaM' in grammatical sense,  
pratyakshagatam - 'iyaM' denotes an object or person right in front of oneâs 
eyes.  He is touching her and showing the enormous beauty of his daughter to 
PerumAL.

3.  rAma asks - 'Am I not charming?"

rUpa audArya guNaiH pumsAM dRshTi cittApahAriNam  iti kathitam bhavantam 
apirUpeNa mohayati iyaM sutA | 
It is said that You attract even men's eyes and minds by Your rUpa audArya 
guNa-s; this girl will attract even You with her beauty.  By the phrase 'iyaM', 
he is doing viSishTha nirdeSam â clearly distinguishing her supreme beauty.

4.  iyaM - This girl is not like any other girl.  Looking at her beauty, many 
deva-s etc., came forward to attempt the dhanur bha'Ngam - yadarthaM devAH 
bhUpASca pravRttAH dhanushaH tolane pravRttAH aSaktAH nirASAH nivRttAH sA iyaM 
sItA mama sutA â This sItA, my daughter, is one for whose hand many deva-s 
and kings came and attempted to string the bow, gave up and went away 
frustrated and disappointed.

Some girls will not get married easily.  Normally, twenty or thirty boys would 
have come and seen the girl and said 'no' to her, right?  There will be some 
girls like that.   This girl is not like that.

Desiring to marry this sItA â iyaM sItA, many deva-s, kings etc., attempted 
to bend and break this bow and failed miserably; and gave up with broken 
desire.  This is that girl.

5. iyaM sItA mama sutA sahadharmacarI tava - siddhASramAt prabbRti bhavataH 
kutUhala gocaratAm AsAditA sA iyam ityarthaH.

 I had told you about this book!  I have brought some points from this book 
(The book titled  ' iyaM sItA SlokArthaH 108') - siddhASramAt prabhRti - In 
siddhASramam, VisvAmitra's disciples brought up the subject on sItA kalyaNam, 
suggested showing the bow to rAma and had talked about sItA's exquisite beauty! 
 Janaka says:  "rAma!  This is the girl that You have been constantly longing 
to see, with utmost joy and expectation in Your mind, ever since that time.â 
â iyaM sItA - siddhASramAt prabhRti bhavataH kutUhala gocaratAm gatA sA - 
âiyaM sItA mama sutAâ.  

6. Another interpretation for âiyaM sItAâ:  atra kalyANa maNDape ratna maya 
stambheshu pratibimbitAH sItA pratikRtayaH bahvyaH dRSyante tAH drShtvA na 
mohaM gaccheH iyaMeva mocate ityarthaH - The wedding hall was bedecked with 
precious stones.  Will that be like our halls?  In our halls, if you lean 
against the wall, the plaster will start falling off!  In this hall, all 
pillars were bedecked with precious stones.  

paDiyiDai mADattu aDiyiDait tUNil 
        paditta panmaNigaLin oLiyAl 
viDi pagal iravenRu aRivaridAya
        tiruveLLiyaânkuDi aduvE -  (periya tirumozhi 4.10.8)

Like that, sItA is being reflected beautifully in the stone-studded pillars. 
There are a hundred sItA-s in reflected form.  âDo not feel wonder-struck by 
looking at those sItA-s.  This one, sitting on my lap is the girl!â  iyaM 
sItA mama sutA sahadharma carI tava. 

7.  rAman said, "What, father-in-law, Janaka MahArAja!!  Don't I know?"  "No, 
You cannot know!  vidyut sphuraNavat pratibhAti iyaM" - She is shining 
brilliantly like lightning.  If an object is very bright, its form wonât be 
recognizable.    

mAgha kavi says - nAradar came down to the earth from deva lokam. Everyone felt 
that 'tejas' [brilliance] itself was falling down from the sky.

cayastvishAm ityavadhAritaM puraH
tataH SarIrIti vibhAvitAkRtim  |
vibhurvibhaktAvayavaM pumAniti
kramAdamuM nArada ityabodhi saH ||
                           (mAgha â SiSu. Vadham 1.3)

mAgha kavi says in SiSupAla vadha kAvyam.  One should have read all the 
kAvyams. nAradar is coming down from the heavens to see KRshNa BhagavAn.  
KRshNa's grandsons say that a jyoti - brilliance itself - is descending from 
above.

After he descended somewhat - tataH SarIrIti vibhAvitAkRtim || - then, when 
they saw hands, legs, body etc., they said that it has a form, it was a man.  
When he got down and they saw the vINA [his musical instrument], they knew it 
was NAradar â kramAdamum nArada ityabodhi saH.

niRainda SOdi veLLam SUzhnda nINDa pon mEniyoDum
niRaindu ennuLLE ninRozhindAn nEmiya'nkaiyuLadE (tiruvAi. 5.5.7)

kuzhumit tevar kuzhA'ngaL kai tozhac cOdi veLLattinuLLE ezhuvadOr uru en 
ne'njuL ezhum Arkkum aRivaridE.    ((tiruvAi. 5.5.10)

paramjyotirupasampadya svena rUpeNa  abhinishpadyate tam devAH jyotishAm jyotiH 
 ||

SrInivasAcAryar will like only if SrIbhAshyam is quoted; otherwise, he will not 
like it.  He is that kind of person.

nammAzhvAr did vyAkyAnam for the word jyotiH.  nammAzhvAr has taken the 156 
adhikaraNams of SrIbhAshyam and has incorporated these in his pASuram-s.  I am 
trying to write a book on that separately.  This SrInivasAcAryar keeps 
inspiring me on that. I am not able to find the time.  Time is spent on earning 
money like this; there is not enough time to sit and write; what can I do?

darSana samaye vidyutsphuraNam iva iyaM na sphurati ata eva imAm darSayAmi iyaM 
sItA - because of her lightning- \like brilliance, her divine form cannot be 
easily seen. So I am pointing her out to You.   This is my daughter - iyaM sItA 
- said Janaka.

8.  Not only that.  You have been thinking about sItA with bhAvanAprakarsham 
[intense imagination].

vRkshe vRkshe ca paSyAmi cIra kRshNAjinambaram |
gRhIta dhanushaM rAmam â

(mArIcan tells rAvaNan in AraNya kANDam.39.14)

Because of bhAvanA prakarshaNam (imagination), when the wife goes out of town, 
the husband will feel like she is still standing inside; he will feel like she 
is standing near him or in front of the house.  kALidAsan says this is the 
result of bhAvanAviSesham.  Like that, You are thinking, 'sItE! sItE!' and 
everywhere you look, you see sItA.  Those are not sItA!  The one who is sitting 
on my lap is  iyaM sItA mama sutA.

9. rAghavatve'bhavat sItA rukmiNI kRshNajanmanI |
nityaiveshA jaganmAtA vishNoH SrIranapAyinI ||  (V.P.  1.9.141)

"bhavad apRthak siddhA sA iyaM sItA mama sutA" - she is the one who is never 
separated from You.  As the Slokam "SAntAnanda mahAvibhUti paramam",  she is 
the one who is apRthaksiddhai [never separated from You] - so says Sruti;  this 
is her - iyaM sItA.

10.  yathA sarvagato vishNuH tataiveyaM dvijottama (prameya ratnAvaLi 18a)- 
Just as You are omnipresent, she is also a divine being and vibhu [present 
everywhere].  bhavantam iva vibhuH imaM me sutA seyaM sItA mama sutA.  

11. As declared in the Sruti-s: âSabdAH - pavitrA ityAdi SabdaiH Srutishu 
pratipAditA iyaMeva sItA â She is 'iyaM sItA' who has been praised by Sruti 
Sabdams like SraddhA, patishThA etc.

12.  She will be very useful to You.  "â nirdoshaH saisha jagate siddham 
udite bhavAya vismArya svajanayasi mAtA tadasi naH iti bhavataH api sAhyakaraNe 
pravRttA purushAkArabhUtA iyaM sItA mama sutA sahadharma carI tava"  - She will 
be a purushAkAra bhUtai for You! She will assist You in all Your activities.

13.  iyaM sItA - My girl is even better than You.  In Your case, You are  
"kausalyA garbha sambhUtaHâ â You were born from the womb of KausalyA;   
iyaM sItA lA'ngala paddhatiH iti  - yaj~na bhUmi kRshikAle lA'ngala 
paddhatyagre samutpannA ayonijA  ityarthaH"  - You were born in KausalyA's 
womb.  She is not born to a human being â she appeared on her own when the 
yAga bhUmi was plowed.- iyaM sItA

saundaryAdimatyaiH dushkalahInA ityarthaH â The meaning is âShe is 
perfectly beautiful because she is not born from a human wombâ.  

14. If someone is beautiful, generally the family history wonât be good.  
BhagavAn seems to not create beauty in good families.  

Those who came with perumAL belong to vaikhAnasam!  See, how they are!  It is 
said that they all came directly with Devap perumAL.

Sauca tyAgishu hUNakAdishu dhanaM SishTeshu ca klishTatAm
durmedhastu dhanAdhipatyaM makuTam daksheshu bhikshATanam |
lAvaNyaM lalanAsu dushkala bhavAsu agryAsu  nIrUpatAm
kashTaM sRshTavatA tvayA hata vidhe kin nAma labdham phalam ||

What a great Slokam!  arasANippAlai ve'nkatAdhvari svAmi is questioning 'fate':

âHey, doomed Lord!  hata vidhe!  You are not putting good things in good 
places.  Sauca tyAgishu hUNakAdishu dhanam - people do not do saucam 
[cleaning]; they do not use mud or anything to clean -  the westerners do not 
clean at all!  You are giving them all the wealth.

âSishTeshu ca klishTatAm - there are good people who observe cleanliness 
rigorously. They clean their right hand forty timeswith mud; they apply mud to 
their left hand and leg to clean; they apply gomayam [cowdung] to the forehand 
and keep themselves very pure and clean - their hands are all worn out because 
of that cleaning.  But they suffer from not having enough food to eat - 
SishTeshu ca klishTatAm.  

durmedhastu narAdhipatya makuTam - you give the power to rule to those with no 
intelligence.  daksheshu bhikshATanam - one who is very smart has to go for 
u'nchavRtti [beg for alms].  

lAvaNyam lalanAsu dushkula bhavAsu - you bestow beauty on women who are not 
born in good families.  agryAsu nIrupatAm - to those who have  noble birth and 
come in great families of AcArya-s and pUrvAcArya-s, you do not give beauty!  
Your creation is like this!  What benefit did you earn by that!   We do not 
have any benefits.  Do you have any benefit?  Tell me. 

                                                âââââ.SishTeshu ca 
klishTatAm
durmedhastu dhanAdhipatyaM makuTam daksheshu bhikshATanam |
lAvaNyaM lalanAsu dushkala bhavAsu agryAsu  nIrUpatAm
kashTaM sRshTavatA tvayA hata vidhe kinnAma labdhaM phalam ||

If someone is very beautiful, generally the family will not be good.  The 
KAâncIpuram people wonât marry them.   Is that the case here?  No!  âsItA 
   is ayonijai ;  sItA lA'ngala paddhatI -  not born in a human womb.   

15.  The term 'sItA' denotes sasyam - crop.  sasyavatI - prajAnAm jIvanahetu 
bhUtA ityarthaH - prajA-s - people will survive only because of her. Without 
her, there is no life. 

16.  sItA ga'ngA ityarthaH ganguriva jahnuH dhanurbha~Nga prayatna labdhA - my 
daughter is like ga'ngA.  Was ga'ngA brought to the earth through ordinary 
effort?  She came only because BhagIrathan did a severe penance, right?  Like 
that, I waited in agony for the dharur bha~Ngam [breaking of the bow].  How 
many kings would I have invited!  How many went back unsuccessful!  I suffered 
so much.  bhagIratha kuloddhAriNI bhavat kuloddhAraNI ityarthaH - just as 
ga'ngA elevated bhagIrathan's libeage, she will elevate Your ikshvAku lineage.

un kulam unnadAkki uyar pugazh orutti Aya
tan kulam tannadAkki tannai it tanimai SeydAn
van kulam kURRu Indu vAnavar kulattai vAzhvittu
en kulam enakkut tandAL en inic ceyvadu emmOi?

Kambar writes in tiruvaDi tozhuda paTalam [chapter about worshipping His feet]. 
 un kulam unnadu Akki - I will tell you about this when we come to sundara 
kANDam; if I say now, it will become old news and get spoiled!

bhagIratha kuloddhAriNI  ga'ngeva iyaM sItA Sabda vAcyA sItAyAH ga~Ngeti 
kaScana arthaH  nighanTu vartate.  So, one meaning for the name sItA is 
gaângA,   So she is one who is going to uplift the ikshvAku lineage. [fn1]

un kulam unnadAkki uyar pugazh orutti Aya
tan kulam tannadAkki

She will behave just like the daughter-in-law of daSaratha should behave. 

17. sItA  = kRshi tulyA  jagad ujjIvana hetu bhUte - kRshi  = crop.  She is 
like a crop.   sAyaM prAtaH kshetra darSI praLayepi na sIdati |  When a crop is 
planted, one should inspect it by carefully two times a day.  If one does that, 
even during the time of final doomsday of the earth, he will not incur any 
loss.  sAyamprAtaH kshetra darSI praLayepi na sIdati |   This big uncle 
(puriSai kalyANam svami) [ obviously, one of the Sishyas in the audience] has 
inspected his crop for four months (AcAryar laughs slightly).  sAyamprAtaH 
kshetra darSI praLayepi na sIdati |  - the crop must be inspected two times a 
day.  If not, Arazhal Ombum andaNan tOTTamAga nin manattu vaittAyE (periya 
tirumozhi 10.9.9)

Tiruma'ngai AzhvAr is taking normal, wordly adages  and has composed ten 
pASurams.  PerumAL asks AzhvAr - 'You have bhakti towards me, what is your 
problem?'  AzhvAr says - 'Only You will be able to praise my bhakti.  I am like 
the garden of a brAhmin.  Arazhal Ombum andaNan tOTTamAga nin manattu vaittAyE 
- How will be the kRshi - crop - of a brAhmin who is doing agnihotram. What 
income from the crops can a person sitting in Bombay expect from the crops in a 
village far away?  You have to be close by to get anything.  Even for the lands 
of the ASramam, we get nothing.   We will get anything only if we go and watch 
closely.

kRshi tulyA jagad ujjIvana hetubhUte -  âYour auspiciousness depends on 
watching her constantly morning and evening.   It will good for You if you 
watch her two times a day.â  

sItA also denotes bhUmi. sItA kshamA yuktAm - kshamayA pRthivI samaH - that is 
how rAman is praised. This girl is known for her extreme patience. 

18.  syati kopam iti sItA â [syati iti sItA - syati nASayati kaThinApi bhuvaM 
iti sItA â refers to a plough, which can burrow through the toughest of 
grounds) â iyaM sItA mama sutA â  This sItA, my daughter, will destroy all 
anger.  She will drive away all Your anger. Syati kopam iti sItA.

19.  syati anishTam iti sItA - She is one who destroys all inauspicious things. 
 

20. syati saMsAram iti sItA -  She will provide salvation from saMsAram.  
AtmavidyA ca devi tvaM vimukti phala dAyinI (V.P. 1.9.118)  saMsArArNava tAriNI 
- says vishNu purANam LaskhmI's ashTottara SatanAmAvaLi - it is this sItA who 
salvages people from samsAram. iyaM sItA.

21. iyaM sItA  saulabhyam - very easy to approach.

22.  iyaM sItA - pUrva janmani vedavatI idAnIM sItetyuktvA - When rAvaNan tried 
to molest a  girl named vedavatI, she jumped into fire and took an oath saying 
she will come back to destroy rAvaNan herself; You have come for doing rAvaNa 
vadham; that girl is this girl - iyaM sItA mama sutA.

23. mama sutA - Janaka said, "My daughter"; so what?  karma yoginaH mama sutA 
ityarthatvAt  |

karmaNaiva hi saMsiddhim AstithA janakAdayaH | (gItA.3.20)

j~nAnayogaSAlinaH daSarathasya sutaH tvaM karmayoginaH mama sutA ayaM darSaye 
ityarthaH mama sutA.

kaNNan says in bhagavad gItA that King Janaka is the best karma yogi â he is 
such a great king.  She is the daughter of such a great person.  karmataH sutA 
AbhijAtyaM vivakshitam â âShe was not born in a womanâs womb.  I have 
brought her up as a karma yogi-s. The kings of ikshvAku vamSam are j~nAna 
yogi-s . karma should unite with  j~nAnam and that should lead to bhakti.  
Since ikshvAku vamSam kings pray to ra~Nga vimAnam, they have j~nAnam and 
bhakti or devotion.  Since karma should be united with j~nAnam and bhakti, I am 
giving my daughter to You -   iyaM sItA mama sutA.

24. mahatA tapasA bahu vrato upavAsAdibhiH labdhaH â When viSvAmitra came to 
ask for You, Your father said, "I got this boy with great difficulty".  I got 
my daughter like that also. She was not bought for husk.  aneka 
vratopavAsAdibhiH labdhA - I performed a lot of vratams and penances and 
fastings and got her.  

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[fn 1]  The heavenly river gangA, who came to this earth because of BhagIrata 
cakravarti's penance, came out of paramaSivan's hair and divided into seven 
parts.  The names of the seven ga~NgA-s are hlAdinI, pAvanI, naLinI, sucakshuH, 
sItA, sindhu and alakanandA - bAla kANDam, 43rd sargam gangAdharaNam.
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To be continued â..






      

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