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Dear srivaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

Even though Ms.Jyothsna asked this question in 2005, I still have this fresh in 
my memory and when I get a 'new point' on seethaa's capability in srimadh 
raamaayaNam, I shared with all of you. I wrote a 5 part series first time 
titled 'is she not capable', a 4 part series second time as a continuation to 
the first series. Now I begin the third part and let us see how many parts it 
takes to conclude. So that part slokam "seethaayaas charitham mahath" is really 
very great and more apt. 

Just to recollect the question. Quote from part 1 of the first series - Quote - 
Ms. Jyothsna asked this beautiful question in raamabhakthi list. 
From: RaamaBhakthi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of jyothsna lakshmi 
[jyothsna_music@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:07 PM
To: raamabhakthi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RaamaBhakthi] question
Jai shri Ram, Dear learned members.... while i was going through sundarakanda i 
had a doubt' why did not Seetha kill Ravana for the deed he did? Is she not as 
powerful as Satyabhama? Or is she also afraid to face Ravana? What are the 
reasons why she could not save herself and reach her Lord feet Shri 
Ramachandra*? Regards Jyothsna - unquote.

Let us see the Sreemadh raamaayaNam incident of "raama observed a fast on the 
shores of ocean on the opposite side of lanka. He wanted the ocean to allow his 
team of vaanaraas led by his friend and king sugreeva and himself, to cross 
over to lanka to win back seetha, the beloved wife of raama. Even after three 
days the ocean king - the samudhra raajan - did not turn up. Raama was angry 
and asked lakshmaNa to bring the bow and arrows, so that he will shoot arrows, 
which will dry up the ocean and leave all the ocean born creatures dead, 
thereby making it safe for the vaanaraas to crossover to lanka on the ocean bed 
easily. When lakshmaNa did as directed by the elder, raama shot an arrow into 
the ocean. Before raama could shoot the second arrow to dry up the ocean, the 
ocean king appeared accompanied by ganga and sindhu his two wives [among many 
the important or main ones]". 

Now let us see a set of slOkams from Srimadh raamaayaNam -  

gangaa sindhu pradhaanaabhi aapagaabhi: samaavrutha: |
dhEvathaanaam saroopaabhi: naanaa roopaabhi: eesvara: || 6-22-23

saagara: samathikramya poorvam aamanthraya veeryavaan |
abraveeth praanjalir vaakyam raaghavam sara paaNinam || 6-22-24
[as already written 6 is yudhdha kaaNdam 22 is sargam and 23, 24 are slOkam 
numbers]
saagara: eesvara:= the ocean [who is] the lord of rivers
samaavrutha: = escorted 
aapagaabhi: = by rivers
gangaa sindhu pradhaanaabhi: = mainly Ganga and Sindhu 
saroopaabhi: = equal in form 
dhevathaanaam = to deities 
naanaa roopaabhi: = and endowed with diverse forms 
samuprakramya = approached 
raaghavam sarapaaNinam = Rama who stood with arrows in hand 
aamanthraya = addressing as "Raama!' 
praanjali: = with joined palms 
poorvam = first 
abraveeth = spoke
vaakyam = (the following) words

meaning: The valiant ocean, the lord of rivers, escorted by rivers mainly the 
Ganga and Sindhu, endowed with diverse forms resembling various deities, 
approached Raama who stood with arrows in hand, addressing him first as 
'Raama!' with joined palms, and spoke the following words:

Point: Many a times, it is said the samudhra raajan did surrender to raama at 
the shores. There is also a krithi by sri aruNaachala kaviraayar in his raama 
naataka keerthanaigaL on this ocean king episode in raagam asaavEri - we 
enjoyed the krithi by way of an article in 3 parts earlier.

"saraNam saraNam raghu raamaa nee ennai
thaRkaaththu aruL paranthaamaa  [saraNam]

virikadal vEndhaa un thiruvadi sErntha en 
mEl enna apachaaram aaiyira namaskaaram [saraNam]

maddi meen onROdu onRu mallaadi amar pooNum
vazhakku theerkkap pOnEn idhaRkO un manam kONum
ettum reNdum theriyaadha enakku iththanaiyO kaaNum
enna pizhai seidhaalum neeyE poRuththal vENum  [saraNam]

But the point here is the ocean king did not surrender but did 'anjali' only 
and after that started talking. This I pointed out earlier also and that is a 
variation from vaalmeeki. Similarly kamban also places that varuNan took asylum 
or surrendered saying "abayam nin abayam".  

Perhaps you may ask what is the relationship between is seethaa capable of 
killing raavaNa and ocean surrendering to raama or not. You may have to wait 
till next post.
 
Dhasan
Vasudevan m.g.



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