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Post 11



Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,



In the previous 10 posts, we saw 'lakshmaNa' donning 7 roles, and had an
introduction of that 8th role of vettiyaan. Just for recollection, the
different roles are

   - bhaalya sakha to raama ? playmate in young days,
   - vazhith thuNaivan to raama ? companion in long trekking,
   - husband of oormiLaa
   - assistant administrator in ayOdhyaa,
   - angry young brother to raama
   - the boat or barge or raft builder / oarsman.
   - The Engineer to construct a wooden house with leafy roof ? parNa
   saalaa

  Now we are continuing the role of lakshmaNa ? the scavenger [vettiyaan].
Since MGV has placed these two vettiyaan-works or roles of lakshmaNa
together or side-by-side, if you think these two happened timewise close to
each other, then, for sure, you are wrong.   Viraadhan killing happens at
the beginning of the vana vaasam ? [aaraNya kaaNdam beginning] may be within
2 months or 3  at the most ? viz, [of kaikEyee ordering that harsh sojourn]
·        bharatha came back on receiving father's death news [roughly 15
days], ·        bharatha doing karmas for father [another 10 or 13
days], ·
bharatha came to forest [nearly 20 to 25 days or even 30 days, for new roads
were built into forest by cutting trees etc ? fully described by vaalmeeki],
·        bharatha returned back with paadhukaas to nandhi graam [may be a
week], ·        raama desiring to move deep into forest after this ? [why
the above points - is to measure approximately the time involved, for
vaalmeeki did not indicate the time involved since the trio started to
forest], ·        lakshmaNa built the parNa saala etc. [may be the job of a
week's duration]



Whereas kabhandhan's burning by lakshmaNa or doing that vettiyaan's work for
the second time is towards the end of 13th year or the beginning of 14th
year - viz

·        after Soorpanakha entering the story

·        followed by kara dhooshaNa vadham,

·        then soorpanakha going to raavaNa and instigating him

·        Raavana lifting seethaa with maareecha's help,

·        raama goes searching his wife deep in the forest, and there meeting
kabhandhan, then kill him, get his suggestion to meet sugreeva.

This portion of story is all in the 13th year-end or 14th year beginning.



So there is a gap of nearly 12 and a half or almost 13 years. But since
vaalmeeki just passes of 10 [or 11 years?] of vana vaasam in one or two
slokams, this "time gap" may not really 'click' in the flow of story of
raamaayaNam. [readers may refer sri vivek's question and my replies few
weeks back]



ithi ukthvaa lakshmaNam raama: pradhara: khanyathaam ithi |

thasthou viraadham aakramya kaNThE paadhEna veeryavaan || 3-4-12

thath sruthvaa raaghavENa uktham raakshasa: pra*s*ritham vacha: |

idham prOvaacha kaakuthstham viraadha: purusharshabham || 3-4-13



meaning: On saying to Lakshmana that 'a trench shall be dug' then Raama
repressively placed his foot on the throat of Viraadhan, and stood by.
[3-4-12] On hearing those words said by Raaghava, demon viraadha sincerely
spoke these humble words to Raama, the finest one from Kaakuthstha dynasty.
[3-4-13]



*Point:* see now the reaction of viraadhan ? when raama's feet touched him,
he says, 'oh raama, I know you, lakshmaNa and seethaa'. Then he says the
reasons for his demonic roopam by way of a kubEra curse to him, and his boon
of killing not possible by any weapon except a simple burial, So he says to
raama and lakshmaNa, 'please bury me, then you go and meet sage sarabhanga'.



kousalyaa suprajaa thaatha raama: thvam vidhithO mayaa |

vaidhEhee cha mahaa bhaagaa lakshmaNa: cha mahaa ya*s*aa: || 3-4-15



meaning: Oh, sire, I know you to be Raama, the son of Kousalya and even
propitious Seetha. I also know the greatly renowned one Lakshmana. [3-4-15]



avaTe cha api maam raama prakshipya ku*s*alee vraja |

rakshasaam gatha saththvaanaam Esha dharma: sanaathana: || 3-4-22

avaTe ye nidheeyanthE thEshaam lOkaa: sanaathanaa: |



meaning: Raama, you go safely on burying me in a pit. This is the age-old
custom for those demons who lost vitality. For those that are inhumed in
pit, to them there will be the worlds of manes.



thatha: khanithram aadhaaya lakshmaNa: *s*wabhram uththamam |

akhanath paar*s*vatha: thasya viraadhasya mahaathmana: || 3-4-27

tham muktha kaNTham uthkshipya sanku karNam mahaaswanam |

viraadham praakshipath shwabhrE nadhantham bhairava swanam || 3-4-28



meaning: [already we saw raama telling lakshmaNa dig a pit in previous post]


Then, on taking a digging tool Lakshmana dug a deep pit beside the great
soul Viraadha. On releasing his throat from the stamping of Raama, lakshmaNa
pushed that long eared, lurid voiced Viraadha in that pit while he is still
blaring with his horrific voice.



tham aahavE dhaaruNam aa*s*u vikramou sthirou ubhou samyathi raama
lakshmaNou |

mudhaanvithou chikshipathur bhayaavaham nadhantham uthkshipya bilEna
raakshasam || 3-4-29

* *

meaning: Those deftly victorious ones Raama and LakshmaNa who compose
themselves in a given fight, both gladly raised that Viradha, a ghoulish one
in fight, a terrifying demon, who is still blaring, with all their might and
hurled him into the pit. [3-4-29]



prahrushTa roopou iva raama lakshmaNou viraadham urvyaam pradharE nipaathya
tham |

nanandhathu: veetha bhayou mahaavanE *s*ilaabhi: anthar dhadhathu: cha
raakshasam || 3-4-33

* *

meaning: Raama and LakshmaNa felt happy in burying Viraadha in the pit of
the earth, and they felt rejoiced for gone is the 'fear in that great
forest'. And within the pit they also concealed him with boulders in order
to make it a tomb [burial-chamber] to the departed soul.



*Point 1:* It is seen that for different persons killed or given mOksham,
raama paid the last respects fittingly and properly. See here, vaalmeeki
says he placed stones to make it as a tomb or a burial chamber. For jataayu
he did the karmas like the son. For the vaanaraas in the end of war, he gave
fresh life. For people of ayOdhyaa he gave mOksham.



*Point 2:* A note from skandha puraaNam added in valmikiramayan web site is
worth quoting here, since it also gives a phala sruthi ? results, also to
the readers and listeners.



On seeing Seethaa Viraadha thought, "She is the Supreme goddess through whom
heavens can be obtained by salvation and also release from the bondage [of
demon's body] On just seeing Her, relieved is this body cage, so with all my
devotion, I steal Her" etc. Hence vi raadha meant to be verily, devout, like
Raadha of KrishNa. When chased and hurt by Raama and LakshmaNa, the demon
releases Seethaa, but carries both the brothers away. For this distancing
Raama and LakshmaNa from Seethaa, it is said that Raama does not kill any
demon in the presence of Seethaa, for she graciously condones the mischief
of the demons, if they are true devotees.



Again at the end of this Viraaadha episode, the phala shruti [Fruit of
Listening] is narrated as: "Those who always listen or let listen, all their
sins are absolved, undoubtedly'.



With that quote I also end this post.



dhaasan


-- 
Vasudevan MG


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