SrI Raama Jayam
SrI Raamachandra : Sritha-PaarijAtha:
Samastha KalyANaguNAmBhurAsi:
SeethA-mukhAmbhOruha-sanjareeka:
nirntharam MangaLam aatanOthu
May Lord Raamachandra , who is the wish-granting
PaarijAtha
tree to all those who seek His refuge , who is the
abode of all
auspicious guNAs and who is the bee circling the
lotus (face) of
SithA PirAtti shower forever all MangaLams on us
!
AapadhAm apaharthAram dhAthAram
Sarva-sampadhAm
lOkAbhirAmama SrIraamam bhUyO bhUyO
namAmyaham
I bow (prostrate) again and again
before SrI Raamachandra ,
who enchants all and who chases away all dangers
and obstacles
besides conferring all soubhAgyams .
Dear Raama BhakthAs:
Adhi Kavi VaalmIki composed SrImadh RaamAyaNam in
the form of 24, 000
verses (slOkams). These slOkams are housed in
individual cantos (SargAs).
The Six individual cantos (KaaNDams) house the
sargAs . Sundara KaaNDam
is one of the six KaaNDams and means the beautiful
KaaNDam ( the book of
Beauty ) .
The individual KaaNDams have been compared to the internodes of a sugarcane
branch . Let us immerse ourselves in the joy of tasting them during these sacred
days leading up to SrI Raama navami !
RaamAyaNam means the journey (aayanam ) of SrI
Raamachandran . This ithihAsam
which feautres prominently SithA Devi's journey
with Her Lord has been more appropriately
saluted as "SithAyaNam " instead. SithA PirAtti and
HanumAn are the central
characters in the Sundara KaaNDam.
Let us offer our prayers to HanumAn (AanjanEyar ,
Raama dhUthar, VaathAthmajar ,
Maaruthi ) first and invoke Him to listen to Raama nAma sankeerthanam
through
the Six slOkams dedicated to Him :
gOshpadhee-kruthavArAsim masakeekrutha
raakshasam
RaamAyaNa-mahAmAlA-rrathnam vandhE
anilAthmajam---(1)
Salutations to the son of Vaayu , AnjanEyaa , who
made the ocean
look in depth like the hoof print of a
cow ;He pulverized the offending
RaakshasAs of RaavaNA's camp! Our deep anjalis are
to that supreme
gem in the grand necklace of RaamAyaNam
!
AnjanAndham veeram Jaanakee
sOkanAsanam
kapeesam AkshahanthAram vandhE
lankhA-bhayankaram---(2)
Our salutations to that great hero , who
banished the sorrows of
Jaanakee Devi ! He is the generator of joy to His
mother AnjanA
dEvi and is the Lord of all monkeys . Our
slautations to that terror
of Lankaa , who killed AkshakumAran , the son of
RaavaNan.
ullangya sindhO: salilam saleelam ya: sOkavahnim
JanakAthmajAyA:
aadhAya tEnaiva dadhAha LankAm namAmi Tamm
prAnjalirAnjanEyam--(3)
Our anjalis to AnjanEyar , who jumped over the
broad ocean
as an effortless sport and burnt the city of LankA to ashes with
the fire of sorrow of Jaanaki MaathA !
AanjanEyam athipADalAnanam
kAnchanAdhri-kamaneeya-vigraham
PaarijAtha-tarumoola-vaasinam bhavayAmi
PavamAna-nandhanam...(4)
I meditate on AnjanEyar , the bringer of joy to His
father , Vaayu BhagavAn .
He has an intense facial hue resembling that
of a PaaDali flower and
has His residence under the divine wish-granting
tree of PaarijAtham .
In size and lustre , He is like a golden mountain
personified .
Yathra Yathra RaghunATa keertthanam tathra
tethra krutha masthAnjalim
BhAshpavaari-paripoorNa-lOchanam Maaruthim namatha
RaakshasAnthakam ..(5)
Wherever there is the recitation /singing
of the story of Raamaa , there is
HanUmAn with folded palms and bent head with
eyes brimming with tears
of joy . Salutations to that destroyer of
RaakshasAs , Maaruthi !
manOjavam mArutha-tulya-vEgam jithEndhriyam
bhuddhimathAm varishtam
VaathAthmajam Vaanara-yooTa-mukhyam
SrIraama-dhUtham sirasA namAmi..(6)
I bow with bent head , the son of Vaayu BhagavAn
who is the carrier of
the message of SrI Raamachandran to RaavaaNa's
court . He is the prominent
one among the assembly of monkey chieftains
.He is the leader among
the wise ones and has full control
over His indhriyams . His speed is
equal
to that of His father , Vaayu BhagavAn
.
The First Two days of Sundara KaaNDa PaarAyaNam (
March 21-23)
***********************************************************************************
Sargams 1-15 starting from HanUmAn's jump over the
ocean upto
the Darsanam of SeethA PirAtti by AnjanEyar
are the focus of
the first two days of NavAha ParAyaNam
.
SrImAn D. Hanumantha Rao and SrImAn
K.M.K.Murthy are creating
the transcriptions and translations of the
individual slOkams of SrImad
RaamAyaNam since 1998. Their detailed work assisted
by others continues .
With rspect to Sundara KaaNDam , they have covered
16 0ut of the 68
sargams (chapters) . You might recall that the nine day PaarAyaNam of
Sundara KaaNDam has the following sequence
:
First day : Sargams 1-5
*****************************
1. The leaping over the Ocean (Saagara
Langhanam)
2. Entrance to Lankaa ( LankA pravEsa:
)
3. Victory over Lankaa Devi ( LankAdhidEvathA
vijaya: )
4. Roaming around the city of Lankaa (
LankApuree-paribrahamaNam)
5. Search for SeethA Devi in the houses of
the citizens of Lankaa(Bhavana Vijaya: )
Second day: Sargams 6-15
********************************
6. Entry into RaavaNA's house ( RaavaNa Gruha
PravEsa: )
7. The sight of Pushpaka VimAnam ( Pushpaka
darsanam)
8. Description of Pushpaka VimAnam ( Pushpaka
VarNanam )
9. Continued description of Pushpakam (
Pushpaka VarNanam)
10. Seeing of MandhOdhari (MandhOdhari
darsanam)
11. Searching in the drinking hall ( Paana bhUmi
vichaya: )
12. The sorrow of HanUmAn ( HanUmadh
vishAdha:)
13. The agitation of HanUmAn ( HanUman-nirvEdha:
)
14. Search in AsOka Vanam(
AsOka-vanAnvEshaNam)
15. The sight of SeethA PirAtti ( SeethA Darsanam
)
I recommend that you all read these excellent
translations
for today and tomorrow's sections of the PaarAyaNam
at the site :
I will add my comments on the highlights of the
first fifteen
sargams today and tomorrow and continue with
the rest of
the sargams ( 16-68 and the PattAbhisEsha
Sargam )
not translated yet by SrI Hanumantha Rao and others
until
the Koil Raama Navami day , April 29,
2004.
This then is our prayer for this SrI Raama Navami
season :
Vaalmeeki giri sambhUthA
Raama-Saagara-gAminee
punAthu bhuvanam puNyaa RaamAyaNa
MahAnadhee
May the great river of RaamAyaNam , which arose
from the mountain
named Vaalmikee and travelling towards the
ocean called Raamaa
drench the whole world with auspicousness
!
RaamAya RaamabhadrAya RaamachandrAya
vEdhasE
RaghunATAya NaaTAya SeethAyA: PathayE
nama:
SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
,
Raama DhAsan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
SadagOpan
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