Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
I was reading the baala kaNdam of sreemadh raamaayaNam, in particular the seethaa raama kalyaaNam chapter – viz. sargam 73. Then it struck me this 'seethaa raama kalyaaNam' is something special.
Why it is so special? Now look at the descriptions of marriages of all the dhasa avathaarams of supreme lord sreeman naaraayaNan – [raama - I keep that away for a minute] -
1. Mathsya
2. Koorma
3. Varaaha
4. Nrusimha
5. vaamana
6. parasu raama
7. bala raama
8. krishNa
[ of course 9th kalki, which is yet to be born]
In 1 to 6 avatharams, there is NO description of proper detailed procedural marriage – for –
1 to 4 avathaarams mentioned above are 'short time' avathaarams, and as such no time for conducting an elaborate marriage.
5, 6 are brahmachari avathaaram
As such there is no elaborate description available in our sacred texts.
For 7 - bala raama - only a small description is available – as 'he married revathi'.
For 8 – Krishna - his marriage it is more a 'fighting description' – carrying off rukmini – and then fighting with her brother – other marriages with 7 other mahishis – more simple descriptions only -
Seethaa Raama marriage is the only 'vedha uktham' aana kalyaaNam - a vEdhic marriage - as per procedures stated or described in vEdhaas or manu's dharma saasthram - like
§ paying a kanyaa sulkam,
§ observing vrathams,
§ carrying out dhaanams,
§ guru coming and performing rituals,
§ then vadhu varan performing agni homams like laaja homam – [performance of hOmams by the newly wed couple] etc.
That way 'seethaa raama kalyaaNam' is very special and is fully described by vaalmeeki. The same cannot be said for rukmini kalyaaNam or krishNa's other mahishis.
Is my observation correct? I invite any comment[s] / objections to the above observations from the learned bhaagavathaas – before I proceed further.
Dhasan
Vasudevan m.g.
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