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- Subject: RE: [ramanuja] eka Patni Virathan
- From: "M.G.Vasudevan" <mgv@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:43:11 +0530
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- Thread-topic: [ramanuja] eka Patni Virathan
Dear
seeker,
Yes.
vratham - is a commitment.
In the
reply given by mohan one point to be noted is -
rama
saw sabari ahalya, soorpanaka, thaaraa, later in the battle field mandothari et
al - BUT NOT AS WIFE.
seeing
one woman as wife and just seeing them with eyes are TOTALLY
DIFFERENT..
as the
questioner asked "not seen
any ladies even by eye sight" should be taken literally, yes. not seen
other ladies AS "pathni" - wife - even by eye sight, leave alone enjoying her
physically.
- viz raamaa did not see
any other lady with the eyes of enjoying her - kaamak kaN Ottaththudan -
with the intention of kaamam behind.
that is why he is
alled Eka pathni vrathan. in the days when kshathriyaas and that too kings
are literally permitted to have more than one wife - leaglly
recognised.
just compare his
father - had 3 wives as patta mahishis, 60000 wives in his anthappuram -
courtyard.
also compare
krishna - had 8 wives as patta mahishis and 16108 wives - all ladies giving
birth to 10 children each - not my imagination - but as per srimadh bhagavatham
- yet he is identified and called as brahmachari and proved his brahmacharyam by
touching the uththara garbham to give life as a child.
one more
clarification -
point 1. normal
rules applicable to human beings is not aplicable to avathaara purushaas,
point 2. yuga
dharmangaL varies per each yugam. a good example - pandavas and dhroupathi - can
it be implemented now? Definitely NOT. like that.
in a krithi
thyaagaraja sings "oka maata oka baana oka pathni vrathude" - means one having a
commitment to one word, one arrow, one wife.
MGVasudevan
Dear Seeker,
I took the term to be
"e:ka patni vratha". A vratha, at least in the
way I understand it,
is a commitment, a vow, a dedication; if this is
true the term would imply
one who is committed to one wife.
If Ra:ma had taken sight of only one
woman, then how can we explain
Sabari, Ahalya,
etc.?
Mohan
agnidasa wrote:
> Dear
devotees,
>
> I have a doubt and seeking explanation from bhaktas
here. Shri Ram is
> addressed as eka Patni virathan not seen any ladies
even by eye sight.
> Is it the true meaning of eka Patni
virathan?
>
> Or is it true because, He is the utimate purusha and
all the femenine
> aspects are ultimately Shrimathi and thus Lord is eka
Patni Viratha?
>
>
>
azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam
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