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Post 8

Dear srivaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

On the topic of  "Line of control", I request you to recall in the 
previous posts we saw there is NO evidence for lakshmaNan drawing a 
line. Neither vaalmeeki, nor kamban not thulasidhaasa describes such 
a line of control. Now let us see adhyaadhma raamaayaNam, araNya 
kaandam chapter 7 where the `maareecha maayaa mruga' appears and 
seethaa asks raama to catch it and give to her. [The Sanskrit version 
of this adhyaathma raamaayaNam is taken from website 
www.sanskritbhaarat.com all documents PDFlist]

In the very beginning of this chapter raama tells seethaa 
secretly, `hey jaanakee, [seethaa] raavaNan is to come in a beggar 
guise and take you, so you vanish in fire leaving your shadow here 
which he will take. After my killing of raavaNan, you can come back 
to me, which will take a year". Since that word `EkaanthE' is there, 
it stresses the meaning, that perhaps this conversation between the 
two, raama and seethaa, may not be known to even lakshmaNan. [This is 
what thulasidhasa also puts in his language, which we saw in previous 
post. You can also see thulasi dhaasa leaves out the seethaa accusing 
lakshmaNa of bad intentions as stated herein].

Now the slOkams -
atha raamO~pi thath sarvam gnaathvaa raavaNashtitham |
uvaacha seethaam EkaanthE sruNu jaanaki mE vacha: || slokam 1

meaning: Since raama the lord knowseverything, in seclusion raamaa 
tells seethaa `listen my words, seethaa'.

raavaNO bhikshu roopENa  aagamishyathi thE ~nthikam |
thvam thu Chaayaam thvadhaakaaraam sthaapayithvaa utajE visa | | 
slokam 2  
meaning: raavaNan will come in guise of a beggar to snatch you. So 
you establish a shadow of you in its full glory, and get disappeared
 
agnaavadhrusyaroopENa varsham thishta mama aagnayaa |
raavaNasya vaDhaanthE maam poorvavath praapyasE subhE || slokam 3
meaning: in that secret version you stay for a year as per my 
directions, after killing raavaNan you can reach me with glory back.

sruthvaa raamOdhitham vaakyam saapi thathra thathaa akarOth |
maayaa seethaam bahi: sthaapya svayam anthardhaDhE~nalE || slokam 4
meaning: hearing raamaa's talks she also did as directed ? by placing 
a shadow in the aasramam she entered the fire and disappeared.

[since content of the slokams is given as above, I am not giving full 
word by word meaning for now that the topic is well known, no need 
for word by word meaning. Also the Sanskrit is simple].

Now comes the maayaa mrugam ? golden deer ? seethaa's shadow, which 
is THE seethaa, now in the proximity of raamaa in the aasramam, asks 
raamaa

pasya raama mrugam chithram kaanakam rathna bhooshitham |
vichithra bindhubhir yuktham charantham akuthObhayam || 
badhvaa dhEhi mama kreedaamrugO bhavthu sundhara: ||| slokam 6

meaning: see raama, this animal which looks golden studded with gems, 
also looks wonderful with spots and wanders freely, please bind it 
and bring that beauty for my playing.

Point: `see raama' ? these two words ? change the very course of 
raamaayaNam ? sage visvaamithra tells `vathsa raama dhanum pasya' hey 
raamaa see the bow ? that `pasya' led to a major status change to 
raama ?by way of the marriage of seethaa. Here seethaa's `pasya 
raama' ? hey raama see this deer - again changes the course in a 
major way, of losing her to raavaNan. 
  
thathEthi Dhanuraadhaaya gachChan lakshmaNamabraveeth |
raksha thvam athiyathnEna seethaam mathpraaNa vallabhaam || slokam 7

meaning: taking the bow raama said to lakshmaNa, `hey lakshmaNa, I am 
going to catch that animal, you protect my loving seethaa at all 
costs with your mite'.

Then lakshmaNa tells `hey my brother, this is maareecha, that 
raakshasa'. And then raama replies `even if it maareechaa then also I 
will kill him, but you protect seethaa with all your efforts'. Again 
see the stressing in those words ? `athiyathnEna seethaam raksha' in 
slokam 7 given above and `thvam prayathnEna santhishta seethaa 
samrakshaNOdhyutha' in slokam 11 [which I am not giving in full]
 
Now, maareecha, on being struck with raamaa's arrow, shouts
haa hathO~smi maahabaahO thraahi lakshmaNa maam dhrutham' - slokam 18

raama now thinks, `what seethaa will do since this maareecha shouted 
in my voice?' ? slokam below

raama: thath chinthayaamaasa mriyamaaNO~sura aDhama: |
haa lakshmaNEthi madh vaakyam anukurvan mamaara kim ||
sruthvaa madhvaakya sadhrusam vaakyam seethaa api kim bhavEth || 
slokam 26

Now seethaa tells lakshmaNa ? `hey lakshmaNa, go to the help of raama 
your brother, have you not heard that voice of raama in distress 
being struck by that asura'.

gachCha lakshmaNa vEgEna bhraathaa thE~surapeeditha: | slokam 28
haa lakshmaNEthi vachanam braathusthE na sruNOshi kim || 

Then lakshmaNa replies, `do not worry seethaa, raama will kill all 
three worlds in one second and how can he tell a weak voice save me ? 
one who is being worshipped by dhEvaas, as such you need not worry'. 
Slokam below -

raamasthrailOkyamapi ya: krudhDhO naasayathi kshaNaath | slokam 30
sa katham dheenavachanam bhaashithE~mara poojitha: ||

As in vaalmeeki raamaayaNam here also, she says in angry words, `you 
want your brother to be killed, may be at your own wish, or at 
barathaa's wish, you want me for the kaamam, I will not touch any 
body else than raama, I will kill myself instead being another's 
wife' etc. [re slokams 32, 33,34]  

On hearing this lakshmaNa felt sad, and said `seethaa, this invites 
trouble for you, let me give you to the vana dhEvee [for protection]' 
and left. Slokam below -
 
thathasruthvaa lakshmaNa: karNO piDhaayaatheeva dhukhitha:|
maamEvam bhaashasE chaNDi Dhik thvaam naasamupaishyasi ||
ithyukthvaa vanadhEveebhya: samarpyam janakaathmajaam ||| slokam 36
yayou dhukhaathi samvignO raamamEva sanai: sanai: || part of slkam 37

Coming back to our topic, lakshmaNa left handing over seethaa to vana 
dhEvee, without putting any line of control etc here also. In the 
next and subsequent slokams in adhyaathma raamaayaNam, raavaNan 
enters, talks and then abducts seethaa. But there is no talking about 
this `line of control'.

Since we have seen four versions of raamaayaNam, we are, for sure, 
unable to get any trace of evidence for this `lakshman rekhaa' 
or `line of control'. Knowledgeable bhakthaas can give any other 
version which provides evidence on this topic, than these four, for I 
am curious to learn how this came into the picture and practice of 
talking about.

On the esoterical side, it is very well clear that once devotion goes 
in materialistic way even for a while, then the level of devotion 
comes down, like seethaa being left in that bhOga bhoomi ? lanka ? 
being pushed into the materialistic life, where money, wine, and 
ladies all beautiful collected from all parts of world were 
available, in plenty to enjoy, and being eniced quite often for 
enjoyment, the very purpose of devotion to lord is slowly diluted. 

Seethaa, since, was always thinking raamaa, the supreme lord, having 
once separated from him; could resist the temptation even though 
being surrounded by the lavish wealth. Any other, less capable in 
devotion, would succumb to temptation on such a high degree wealth 
around. So the line of control, for a devotee, in its true sense has 
to be drawn mentally, limiting himself, not to be drawn into 
materialistic enjoyment, even for a while just to taste it and then 
return to path of devotion. 

That is why it is said the bhakthi has to be like `thaila dhaarai' ? 
flow of oil, a continuous one without break, and very difficult but 
the path of saraNaagathy is comparatively easy etc.

Again, a big thanks to Sri Anjaneyalu of Itarsi, who gave this spark 
to write on `line of control'. Thanks to you all dear bhakthaas for 
your patience in reading this in instalments, that too often delayed.

Dhaasan

Vasudevan m.g.







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