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Dear Ramanuja Srivaishnavas
Adiyen would like to forward the RamayanamThani Slokam post by Smt.Srilatha
 
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Gunaseelan Venkatachary
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Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha
 
Dear Srivaishnavas,
Please accept adiyel's humble namaskarams.Adiyel is  extremely sorry for the delay in my  posting and hope
 our bagavadotthamaas will excuse me for this.
 
This post will describe baout the Ramayanam Sargam 17 Slokam 1
 
                     "Ithyuktva parusham vaakyam raavanam ravananuja 
                     Aaja gaama muhurthena yatra ramaha salaksnmana"
 
Word by word meaning:
 
Ravananujaha-Ravana's brother Vibishana
 
Ravanam-about Ravanan
 
Ithi-like this
 
Parusham-harsh
 
vaakyam-word/statement
 
Uktva-having uttered
 

Yatra-the place where
 
Ramaha-Srirama
 
salakshmana-accompanied by Lakshmana
 
Muhurthena-quickly
 
Aajagaama-arrived.
 
 
 

Avathaarikai: Ravana though , he held sway over much of the world,convoked a secret discussion  with his ministers on hearingthe arrival of Rama with his ally Sugriva and  Vaanaraas.
 
Vibishana considred this moment as most felicitous and reasoned that Ravana would heed to his words atleast by then.But since, Ravana became fretful and replied him irately,Vibishana decided to leave Ravana and say good-bye once for all and asserted that the best place for him there after would only be the place where  Sri Rama stayed.

Here Vaalmiki compares how fast Vibishana left Ravana's place to that of a person who would  rush out/escape from the burning house.
 
Vyaakyaanam;Vibishana clearly advised about the simplicity of Ravana'sjob i.e restituting Seetha to Rama,failing which Ravana had to face Rama's arrows slicing thro the heads of his Raakshaas.

Here Vaalmiki greatly admires Vibishana's zeal and passion for dharma and exemplifies Ravana's intolerance to hear such advice was like the breeze that was very warm to every one would not be tolerated by the fox.
 
Vibishana's advice was very much beneficial and complete in all aspects that no one could blame him in the future that he abandoned his brother in that critical situation.
 
Why would  vibishana's advice sound cruel to Ravana?

Vaalmiki explains that having trembled the whole world by his sturdiness,hearing from his own brother appreciating his enemy Rama would have certainly sounded cruel to him.
Thus vibishana who also stayed in his mother's womb where Ravana stayed before adviced Ravana  in a way that a gidir saatvijkan would have uttered otherwise.Moreover Rishi says that one  should not differentiate a person by his age,younger or elder when giving such valuable  advice and should be taken in a sense that one whois learned teaches the ignorant.
 
With this I conclude the first half part of the vyaaktanam and shall post the rest in my next mail.

Adiyel is fully responsible for any mistakes.
 

Adiyel Ramanuja Daasyai.
 
Srilatha Gunaseelan.
 
 

 
 

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