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                    SrIH
SrImate ra?ngarAmAnuja MahA deSikAya namaH
SrImate SrInivAsa rAmAnuja MahA deSikAya namaH
SrImate VedAnta rAmAnuja MahA deSikAya namaH
SrI ra?nganAtha divya maNi pAdukAbhyAm namaH

AcArya rAmAmRtam  - (from SrI ra?nganAtha pAdukA  dt. Feb 08  Part 1)

               English Translation of 
SrImad rAmAyaNa upanyAsam in tamizh by SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan

        As published in SrI ra?nganAtha pAdukA by
SrI u.ve. nATTEri KiDAmbi rAjagopAlAcAriyAr  (Editor of SrI ra?nganAtha
pAdukA)

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SrImad ANDavan tiruvaDi,
kalyANi kRshNamAcAri
=====================================
                    SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan?s SrImad rAmAyaNa
upanyAsam

ValmIkI writes:

kva ca te kshatriya balam kva ca brahma balam mahat |
paSya brahma balam divyam mama kshatriya pAmsana! || (bAla. 56.4)

vasishThe japatAm SreshThe tadadbhutam ivAbhavat |  (bAla. 56.12) 

tAni sarvANi daNDena grasate brahmaNaH sutaH ||  (bAla.56.13)

"You are a kshatriyan.  I know you.  Where is brahma balam, and where
is khsatriya  balam?  How can you oppose me?  Look now!  Kshatriya
pAmsana [one who brings shame to the kshatriya race]!  You are the
lowliest among the kshatriya class.  Don't I know you?  How can you
beat me?"  So saying, VasishTha swallowed all of ViSvAmitra's astra-s. 
ViSvAmitra kept thinking about all this as he left.  He left to do
penance to become a Brahmin. 

At that time, the ikshvAku king named 'triSa'nku' came to VasishThar
and asked, " I want to go to heaven in this same body; can you do any
yAgam for me"?

VasishThar said it was not possible.  Everyone is afraid of death. 
nAnyatra maraNAt bhayam.

triSa'nku wanted to go to heaven with his own earthly body.  He asked, 
"Your disciple daSarathan had gone there to fight SambAsuran. Why can't
I go"?  VasishThar said, "One can go only for a temporary period of
time. No one can go on a permanent basis.  You can go only if you stop
breathing; even that, only if you have done good deeds".

triSa'nku said, "Please administer a yAgam to help me go to svargam
with this body".  VasishThar said it is not possible.  "I requested you
to administer a yAgam;  I have resorted to you for so long.  You are
refusing. anyAm gatim gamishyAmi. I will get another AcAryan".
VasishThar said, "Okay, do so; you will find out he will say the same
thing; you will find out".

triSa'nku finds ViSvAmitra, who is doing intense penance.  triSa'nku
surrenders at his feet and seeks his protection.  When asked what he
wanted, triSa'nku narrates how VasishThar said 'no' for his request,
and why he has come to ViSvAmitrar. 

ViSvAmitra says, " You look somewhat different".   triSa'nku responds: 
"I told VasishThar that I will get a different AcAryan; he cursed me,
svAmi.  He cursed me to become a caNDALan [lowest, fifth caste person];
that is why I am like this with iron bangles in the hands, leather for
poonal [sacred thread] etc". 
"You came here as a caNDALan"?  
"Yes.  I came as a pa'ncaman?..I have done lot of good deeds".

daivam eva param manye paurusham tu nirarthakam |
daivena Akramyate sarvam daivam hi paramA gatiH ||  (bAla. 58.22)

nAnyam gatim gamishyAmi nAnyaH SaraNam asti me |
daivam purushakAreNa nivartayitum arhasi ||  (bAla. 58.24

"I have spent a lot of money on austerities.  I have given donation for
so many udaka SAnti-s.  I have donated to so many tapasvi-s, I have
given donations for so many yAgams to VaSishThar; I have lost
everything.  God is great; God controls everything.  I have been
reduced to this state; svAmi, you have to do yAgam for my sake", said
triSa'nku.

Poor ViSvAmitra, what will he do?  nAnyaH SaraNam asti me (bAla.58.24)
- He said "I surrender to you"; since protection of the person who
surrendered is the highest dharmam, he said: "yAvad balam - as long as
I have strength, I will administer the yAgam to protect you".

ViSvAmitra sent for all Rshi-s.  He sent for VasishThar's sons also. 
He instructed his students to let him know what the others say for his
invitation.  He sent several Rshi-s to extend this invitation. A lot
responded. He instructed that VasishThar's sons should also be invited.

Those sons said sarcastically, "Yes, yes, all devatA-s will come to get
their portions from the yAgam.  kshatriyo yAjako yasya caNDALasya
viSeshatah  (bAla.59.13) - the owner is a canDALan; one who administers
the yAam is a kshatriyan.  Only a brahmaNan has the right to administer
a yAgam; not a kshatriyan.  Here, a kshatriyan is administering
(upAdhyAyam) the yAgam and it is for a canDALan.  All devatA-s will
come quickly to get the havirbhAgam!"

The messengers came and told this to ViSvAmitra.  Immediately, he
cursed those sons.  In his anger, he cursed them to become canDALa-s
like triSa'nku.

Some Rshi-s came. Why?  They thought - "What does is it matter to us?
We will just do the homam.  We will get our dakshiNA (donations). 
Whether the devatA-s come to get their share or not, what does it
matter to us?"

Do people coming to do homam in our houses come thinking about whether
the devatA-s are going to come and get their shares or not?  They will
get 25 rupees per Ayush homam.  "Let devatA-s get their shares or not;
it will happen as per the owner's luck. What is it to us?"

ViSvAmitrar was expecting devatA-s to come and get their shares of
havis. No one came.  He got angry.

svArjitam ki'ncit yapyasti  (bAla.60.15) - "No yAgam is needed, nothing
is needed. I have my own wealth of penance in reserve."

Using the power of his past penance, he said, "triSa'nku!  Go to
heaven".  When triSa'nku went there, indran threw him out of heaven; he
fell down head first.  

ViSvAmitra said, "tishTha tishTheti cA'bravIt" (bAla.60.20) - "Stop!
Stop!"  triSa'nku is hanging in the mid-sky.  Being upset that indran
pushed him out, ViSvAmitra said he will create a new heaven for
triSa'nku in the mid-sky; he created new stars. Immediately, brahmA and
others came and said that this should not be done, and said that
whatever he had created can be considered svargam.   It is called
triSa'nku svargam - triSa'nku's heaven.  

Feeling that there was too much disturbance for his penance in the
current place, ViSvAmitra went to a different place to continue his
penance.

When he was doing penance in the new location, a person named
SunaHSepan came when ViSvAmitra was doing mAdhyAhnikam [afternoon
salutations to the Sun] and surrendered to him. ViSvAmitra was
SunaHSepan's maternal uncle. He asked the reason why SunaHSepan was
seeking his protection.

He said, ".King ambarIsha did yAgam; indran stole the cow meant for the
yAgam.  ambarIsha asked a lot of brAhmaNa-s what to do.  They advised
that if he did not complete the yAgam, he will go to hell, and adverse
effects will come, and it can be corrected by sacrificing a human
being, and he should find one".


"That ambarIsha cakravartI came and asked my father - you have three
sons. Give me one son."  If a person has many sons, he will be
requested to give one for svIkAram [adoption].  If he has only one son,
no one will ask him, right?

Manu says that first son is born according to dharmam; subsequent
children are born out of lust. Understand?

The father said, "My eldest son was born for upkeep of dharmam".  

jyeshTha eva tu gRhNIyAt pitRyam dhanam aSeshataH | (Manu. 9.105)

sa eva dharmajaH putraH itarAH kAmajAH smRtAH || (Manu. 9.107)

Manu smRti, ninth chapter talks about how to divide father's wealth
among sons - 

 jyeshTha eva tu gRhNIyAt pitRyam dhanam aSeshataH |

The first-born must take all the wealth that belongs to father. Why?

sa eva dharmajaH putraH - first born is born according to dharmam;
those who are born later are the result of desire.

athavA - (otherwise) they can divide the wealth. Why?

pRthak vivardhate dharmaH tasmAt kAryA pRthak kriyA!  (Manu. 9.111)
If it is a joint family and visitors come, only one of them has to
entertain the visitors.   There will be one agnihotram.  If the family
is split into four, the svAmi can go and eat  in all the four brothers'
houses.  There will be four agnihotrams!  Four SAlagrAma
tiruvArAdhanams!  

pRthak vivardhate dharmaH tasmAt kAryA pRthak kriyA!

In a joint family, the eldest brother will do ArAdhanam.  The others
will be just eating food and betel nut leaves etc.  It is said that
division of wealth is allowed because it grows the dharmam - four
separate homa-s etc.  

How to divide?  Divide the wealth, but give a bigger share to the
eldest one. And, it should be given willingly.  The eldest will be
doing twelve mAsyams (SrAddhams)!  So, give generously.  At least give
with pleasure.

RcIkar (father of SunaHSepan) said that he won't give his eldest son. 
Mother said she could not give the last son because he was her favorite
child.  This middle son (SunaHSepan) could have kept quiet, right?  But
he was angry.  He said:  "aham dattam manye - Vikreyam madhyamam manye"
 - 'Father does not want to give his eldest son; mother does not want
give the last son; that means they have given me;  so take me' - and he
left with the king.

He left like that in anger.  But, will he be willing to die, svAmi!  He
came, what could he do?

The king gave money to the father.  The son came.  ViSvAmitra was his
maternal uncle. Luckily for SunaHSepan, his uncle was doing tapas
nearby.  When ambarIsha mahArAja sat down to do mAdhyAhnikam,
SunaHSepan left and came to ViSvAmitra and said, "It is so unfair. I
surrender to you; this is what happened.  Please protect me".

"Okay!  I will teach you two mantra-s - two gAthA-s.  They would have
tied you in the yAga stand.  When you say these gAthA-s, devatA-s will
become pleased and they will bless you".  The boy memorized the
mantra-s. SunaHSepan went back and asked the king if his mAdhyAhnikam
was over and asked him to get moving.  

"What, this boy is ready to give his life"?

The boy was taken and tied to the yAga post.  At the right time, he
chanted the two mantrams.

svAmi-s say the two mantrams are - imam me varuNa? etc (it is the
mantram chanted during evening sandhyA).  I do not know. (AcAryan is
joking).  If that mantram is chanted -  mA na AyuH pramoshIH - that
mantram has this request - do not lessen my age.

As soon as he chanted the mantrams, indran and upendran came and yAgam
got completed; they said - release this boy. They released him and he
survived.
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To be continued ?..






      
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