SrI:
Dear Raama BhakthAs :
Soon it will be Dhanur Maasam .The GhOsham of
ThiruppAvai
will be cleansing the air all around in dhivya
dEsams and private
homes of BhakthAs . Devotees reciting ThiruppAvai
will be shivering
in he cold as they go around the Raaja
Veethis of Dhivya dEsams
reciting GodhOpanishad .
One BhakthA asked me recently a
question about Dhanur Maasam
.
He wanted to know why this sacred month of
Maarghazhi is called
Dhanur Maasam .
I was wondering about it until Vaikunta Vaasi
MukkUr Lakshmi NrusimhAcchAr
Swamy Came to the rescue . He has
an extraordinarily informative book entitled ,
Veda Raaman
dealing with the 14 artha visEshams enshrined in AaraNya
KhANDam of Aadhi Kavi Vaalmuki . The revered
MukkUr Swamy describes in
this book a scene in which Lord Raamachandra is
performing morning SandhyA
before Sunrise , while standing knee high in cold GodhAvari Waters . In this context ,
Swamy says: " During the Hemantha Ruthu , Lord Ramachandra was
living with
His DEvi and brother LakshmaNa on the banks of Godhaavari river
. The first month of
Hemantha Ruthu is
Maarghazhi ( Dhanur Maasam) .During
Marghazhi month ,
the chill in the morning air will prod the sleeping people to bend
their body
in the form of a bow
(DhanuraakAram) to get additional protection against
the cold air that makes them shiver ".
One explanation for the name of Dhanur
Maasam for Maarghazhi month
seems thus to be the connection of the DhanurAkAram
of the humans during
the nights of this month .
One can think of additional explanations for
the link of Dhanus (Bow)
with the Maarghazhi month . AdiyEn will take them
up in the future postings .
Sri Raamachandra ParabrahmaNE Nama:
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