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It is very interesting to follow the observations of Sri Vasudevan and Sowyanarayanan in this matter.What has been said is true.The other avatharas except vamana and Parasurama wg hich were brahmachari incarnations, as Sri Vasudevan has rightly said, the purpose was to kill the demons and there was no mention of marriage. Irt was something like an interlude taken from His stay in Vaikunta to perform the dhushta nigraha, though we hear of thename of the thayar  in Varaha and Brsimha avathata, Bhoo devi, being the consort of former, who was always there even before the avathara and senchulakshmi or Badra for Nrsimha.
 
I feel that even in Krishnavathara the main purpose is to leesen the byrbden of the earth by ridding it of the evil forces, dhushta nigraha and also to show His divine qualities of soylabhya, souseelya, vathsalya and swamithva. The marked difference between Ramayana and Krishnavathara is, besides the description of marriage, the elaborate description of the chilhood of Krishna, may be because most of his exploits were pertaining to his childhood, and the singular absence of it in Ramayana. Both Valmiki and Kamban, who closely followed him, makes only a brief mention of Rama's childhood.
 
This fact and the elaborate description of marriage of Rama again bears significance to the purpose of he two avatharas. The main purpose of Ramavathara was Ravana vadha, while Krishnavathara was a leelavathara , Krishna perhaps being too busy with his leelas to have an elaborate marriage ceremony ! Assuch the marriage of Rama with Seetha was of paramount importance considering the role Seetha was to play in Ramavathara. Valmiki refers to Ramayana as 'Seethaayaah charitham mahath.' So Seetha was as important as Rama, if not more , in Ramayana. Ramayana is considered as saranagathi sasthra and Seetha was an example of saranagatharakshana even more than Rama as she said 'na kaschit naaparaaDhyati',' showing mercy even towards the rakshasis who made her life miserable in Lanka while Rama gave surrender only to those who resorted to him for refuge.
She was the personification of daya, as the incarnation of Thayar and in Uttraramacharitha of Bhavabhuthi Ram is seen to exclaim, on the instance of his proceeding to o pnish the sudra who did penance against the dharma,that how could one expect mercy from him when Seetha was not with him.That is the greatness of Seeth whose marriage couoldnot be dismissed with in few words!
 
 


 
      
               Dr.  Saroja Ramanujam, M.A., Ph.D, Siromani in sanskrit.
 
 
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