Post 9
Dear sri vaishNava
perunthgaiyeer,
We were seeing in this series titled ‘seethaa’s learnings’ how seethaa
exhibits her ‘lakshaNa saasthra knowledge’ – her learning-s on the saasthram of
‘beauty descriptions of parts of a lady and phalans’. When raavaNan looks at her
beauty – divinity comes out first and then lust - alternating - and he expresses
‘Is it that you are a goddess?’ first and then ‘whatever part of you I see, my
eyes gets locked there itself’. When hanumaan saw her, that beauty struck him,
and we enjoyed few slOkams how he recognizes that she is seethaa from that
beauty of hers.
Has hanumaan been informed of that ‘beauty of seethaa’ by raama, ‘ hey,
my lady will look like this this etc?’ No such direct evidence in that direction
is available in kishkindhaa kaaNdam, when raama gives that ring to hanumaan.
There is no reference on that story of ‘thilakam’ also [having been said by
raama to hanumaan].
After giving the ring, later hanumaan tells seethaa, “raama told me like
this, which you two only know” – that as a significant point of true
identification of himself for easy recognition by seethaa. But first he
recollects what all raama said about her and her jewellery. Vaalmeeki places
that description giving by way of a flash back – hanumaan recollects yes - raama
told me like this –
vaidhEhyaa yaani cha angeshu thadhaa raamO
anvakeerthayath |
thaani
aabharaNa jaalaani gaathra sobheeni
alakshayath || 5-15-41
sukruthou
karNa veshTou cha sva
dhamshTrou cha susamsthithou |
maNi vidhruma chithraaNi hasthEshu aabharaNaani cha ||
5-15-42
syaamaani
chira yukthathvaath thathaa samsthaanavanthi cha |
Meaning: Then Hanumaan saw the jewelry marks on the body
of seethaa, whatever groups of jewellery of Seethaa about which Raama spoke, on
her various parts [now since not available the marks are visible clearly], those
jewelry charming Her limbs, like well made earrings, well fitting ‘dog teeth
ornament’ and ornaments wonderful with diamonds on the limbs of Her hands,
adorned on the body for long time, blackened and making
marks.
[sva dhamshtrou - is it a
dog’s teeth? Or tiger – pulippal aabharaNam - svapaadha means tiger –
means puli nagam vaiththa aabharaNam? Not clear]
Point:
here that word ‘cha’ has to be applied better for a clear meaning – for if you
simply read above you don’t get that raama described seethaa’s beauty first and
then and then about her jewelry and marks they on her body.
If you do a little anvayam you get that meaning –
1. thadhaa vaidhEhyaa yaani
angeshu raamO anvakeerthayath thaani alakshayath ||
2. thadhaa vaidhEhyaa yaani
angeshu aabharaNa jaalaani gaathra sobheeni raamO anvakeerthayath thaani
cha alakshayath ||
Then a doubt may come - when raama told these to hanumaan – for that we
have to go back to kishkindhaa kaaNdam - raama sugreeva meeting, and sugreeva
gets the jewelry [which seethaa dropped during her abducted travel in the sky]
to be seen by these two raama and lakshmaNa – see that slOkam
uththareeyam gruheethvaa thu sa thaani aabharaNaani cha
|
idham pasya
ithi raamaaya dharsayaamaasa vaanara: ||
4-6-15
meaning: On taking and bringing the parcel of that upper
cloth with the auspicious jewellery, "This, you see..." saying thus that monkey
[sugreeva and by the side hanumaan is also there] started to show them to Raama.
thathO gruheethvaa vaasa:
thu subhaani aabharaNaani cha
|
abhavath baashpa samhrudhDha: neehaarENa iva chandramaa:
|| 4-6-16
meaning: Then on taking that cloth and also the
auspicious jewellery, Raama became like mist filled moon with overflowing tears.
[4-6-16]
seethaa snEha pravruththEna sa thu baashpeNa dhooshitha:
|
haa priyE ithi rudhan dhairyam uthhsrujya nyapathath
kshithou || 4-6-17
sa: tu = he but
seethaa snEha
pravruththEna = for Seetha's friendship
outpoured
baashpENa dhooshitha:
= by tears blemished
haa priyE = oh, dear
ithi rudhan = thus
wailing
dhairyam = courage
uthsrujya = leaving
off
nyapathath = fallen
kshithou = on
ground.
Meaning: But he, who is blemished by tears, outpoured in
all his friendship with Seethaa, leaving off his courage fell on the ground,
wailing, 'oh, dear... oh, dear'.
Point:
here again the word ‘pravruththi’ means appearance, manifestation. Also snEham
means love – not only friendship – so by his love he poured out her beautiful
appearance, ‘manifestation’ about the jewelry making marks and thereby enhancing
her beauty - on that occasion of seeing those jewelry of seethaa.
Dear bhakthaas of seethaa, you may ask, ‘why suddenly switching on raama
weeping over seeing jewellery?’ leaving hanumaan seeing and identifying seethaa
as ‘yes she is’.
For there lies the evidence of raama talking about seethaa’s beauty to
others – earlier he talked to the plants, trees, animals etc, which these
perhaps may not be able to appreciate that beauty of seethaa. [those slOkams of
raama describing seethaa’s beauty we will see later] but let us focus now on
hanumaan - -
See how hanumaan enjoys himself seeing seethaa – or reacts in finding
seethaa – ‘dhrushtvaa seethaa’ as he later says - and feels happy – let us also
see that hanumaan - in the words of sree
thyaagaraaja.
Krithi - kanugonu saukhyamu
raagam: naayaki
taaLam: aadi
22 kharaharapriyaa janya
Aa: S R2 M1 P D2 N2 D2 P S
Av:
S N2 D2 P M1 R2 G2 R2 S
Composer: Thyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu
pallavi
kanogonu soukhyamu kamalajukaina galgunaa - kanugonu
meaning:
Can the bliss
of ‘finding’ happen to even brahmaa?
[point: ‘can this bliss’ instead of ‘the’ for grammatically there is no word to show ‘this’ but can be taken as such]
anupallavi:
dhanuja vairiyagu raamuni dhaya galgina nathani vinaa -
kanugonu
meaning:
Except for the one to who happened to have the blessings of Lord raama, [who is]
the enemy of demons?
CharaNam:
thanu vOkachO manasu OkachO thagina vEsham
OkachO
niDi janulanu Echuvaariki jayamounE thyaagaraaju - kanugonu
meaning: According to Tyagaraja, all glories happen to those who have
their body at one place, mind at other place, and appropriate attire at some
other place, yet rule all living beings.
Just relish the krithi and we will see the points in next post, how the
krithi is linked to hanumaan seeing seethaa.
Dhasan
Vasudevan m.g
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