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Respected Bhagavata,
As all other Bhagavatas have done, i also agree with you. Sri Ramavatar is the only Avatar where The Lord had a proper wedding. Even in case of Sri Balaram, there was no detailed wedding. in case of Sri Krishna, he performed all unique deeds and leelas to charm His devotees, His marriages were all of different kinds and amazing. Sri Krishna came on earth just to charm His devotees, that's all. He performed all the leelas which have not been perfprmed in any other avatara. What i like is that one should pick up from the Shastras exact things jut as you have done. If the scriptures describe a detailed wedding only for Sri Rama, then we must accept that leela of the Lord just as it is.
Sri Rama came as an AdarSha for humanity on earth (of course, He also delighted His devotees and we all love Him). If one has to live a spiritually prosperring life, one has to follow Sri Ramayana.
Sri Rama's maariage is very special as all the Vedic rites are performed step by step. I also adore this part of the Ramayana because it is the only detalied description of our Lord's wedding. I can just imagine Sri Rama along with Seeta Mata on the wedding altar, Dasaratha and Janaka feasting their eyes on their beauty, all the devatas standing in the large crowd just to have a glimpse of the groom form of Sri Rama......... what a sight!!!
Furthermore, you have posted this topic at an appropriate time since the wedding anniversary of Sri Sita Rama is coming soon on the 14th of December (Agahan shukla panchami).
 
please do forgive me for any mistake.
 
dasosmi
krishna

MG Vasudevan <vasudevanmg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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Vasudevan MG


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