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

AcArya rAmAmRtam  - (from SrI raâ??nganAtha pAdukA  dt. Feb 08  Part 3)

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

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

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

ViSvAmitra said, "We have to go to MithilA.  I want to show the bow to
these boys".  The others agreed.

They arrived at the city of MithilA.  rAma and lakshmaNa took a look at
the city as they walked.   The city was beautiful.  How was it?  It was
shining brilliantly like a golden lotus.

Adarittu amudil kOl tOyttu, 'avayavam amaikkum tanmai
yAdu?' enat tigaikkum allAl, madanaRkum ezhuda oNNA
sItaiyait tarudalAlE, tirumagaL irunda Seyya
pOdu enap polindu tOnRum, pon madil mithilai pukkAr
                                        ( kamba. mithilai kATcip
paThalam - 4)

How was the city of MithilA?  "tirumagaL irunda Seyya pOdu enap polindu
tOnRum pon madil mithilai pukkAr".   sItai is MahAlakshmI, right? 
MahAlakshmI will be seated on a lotus.  MithilA with sItai was like a
golden lotus. 

Kamban describes it beautifully.  Manmathan wanted to draw sItai's
figure.   Paint was needed; What paint to use? Manmathan started
drawing her figure using amRtam [nectar] as paint. 

'avayavam amaikkum tanmai yAdu?' enat tigaikkum allAl  - One cannot
draw a picture of sItai's tirumEni.  It will be an astounding
experience.

Oviyarkku ezhuda oNNA uruvattAi - Kamban is going to say this as VAli's
words later. 'What a wonder! -  Oviyarkku ezhuda oNNA uruvattAi' (about
rAma's tirumEni).

That which is extraordinary cannot be drawn in a picture.  Some will
look better in a drawing; they will not look good in person; have you
seen cases like that?

Some boys will decide on marriage after looking at photos. That is not
a right thing to do.  Photo may be good - because of makeup.  When the
girl blesses the boy with an appearance in person, she may look like
SUrpaNakA (Laughter in the audience)!

PirATTi's rUpam [form] is such that it cannot be drawn - 'tigaikkum
allAl Oviyattu ezhuda oNNAdu'.  madanaRkum ezhuda oNNA - even Manmathan
cannot draw; yAdenat tigaikkum allAl.

Since the city of MithilA had sItA devi, who is a sarvA'nga sundari
[exquisitely charming in all aspects] -  since it had MahA lakshmI 
residing there -  the city of MithilA was "tirumagaL irunda Seyya pOdu
enap polindu tOnRum".  What is the 'pOdu' that lakshmI is in?  'pOdu'
means flower, lotus flower.  The city of MithilA was shining like a
full-blossomed lotus flower. 

They reached MithilA.  How was it?

SoRkalai munivan uNDa SuDar maNik kaDalum tunni
al kaDandu ila'ngu pal mIn arumbiya vAnum pOla
vil kalai nudalinArum maindarum veRuttu nItta
pon kalan kiDanda mADa neDum teru adanil pOnAr
                               ( kamba.mithilai kATcip paThalam - 5)

In that city of MithilA, there were plenty of ornaments that were
strewn around on the streets; they were the ones that had been
discarded by couples who got fed up with them after wearing them
several times. Those ornaments were shining brilliantly like stars in
the sky; they looked like the fine stones and corals and pearls that
were exposed lying on the bare ocean floor after SoRkalai munivan -
Sage agastya, who gave us the tamizh language, had drunk the ocean's
water.  They reached the city of MithilA with the golden gates - 
ponmadil mithilai pukkar. 

pon kalan kiDanda mADa neDum teru adanil pOnAr - They went into the
broad street strewn with gold all over, and with tall houses.  They
were looking at the sights along the streets as they walked.  There
were drama clubs, movie theatres; people were enacting dramas; some
were doing bharata nATyam.  How was the dance?

nei tiraL narambin tanda mazhalaiyin iyanRa pADal
tai varu magara vINai taNNumai tazhuvit tU'nga
kai vazhi nayanam Sella kaN vazhi manamum Sella
aiya nuN iDaiyAr ADum ADaga ara'ngu kaNDAr 
                          ( kamba.mithilai kATcip paThalam - 8)

A graphic description.  Ladies are doing bharata nATyam.  They make
hand gestures, right!  kai vazhi nayanam Sella - where the hand goes,
the eye also goes there. Will the eye go that side when the hand goes
this side?  kai vazhi nayanam Sella.

kaN vazhi manamum Sella - the mind  is going in the direction the eye
goes. How is the lady dancing?  Which ladies are dancing?  Ladies with
the best attributes are dancing.  Not the ladies with waists that would
require 50 ounces of gold to make a waistband for them.

aiya nuN iDaiyAr ADum ADaga ara'ngu kaNDAr  - Ladies who have waists
that were so slender as to cause one doubt whether they existed or not,
were dancing. 

Will that dance be good, or, will the dance be good if performed by
someone who is "double berth"? (laughter in the audience)

In front of some houses, there were swings made of kamugu wood (from
areca palm tree).  
maragadak kamugu pUNDa USal - the swings had emerald green slabs
embedded in them. When I was walking in the streets of Bombay, I
noticed that in three-story houses, four-story houses, seven story
houses, etc.; there were swings in the balconies. I don't know when
they get time to sit and swing in them (laughter in the audience) - The
eyes just don't mind their own business when walking by! 

Ladies are swinging in the swings. Kamban is describing.  He is a very
superb poet.  The swing goes this way and that way.  How is it going?  

mAsuRu piRavi pOla varuvadu pOvadAgi 

What a superb description!  mAsuRu piravi pOla - just like this jIva
that accumulates bad karma-s and keeps taking birth  back and forth
repeatedly,  the swing is coming and going back and forth.  The ladies
are not just swinging the swing; they are making something else swing
too. They are dragging something else along with them as they are
swinging.

USalil, magaLir, maindar SindaiyODu ulavak kaNDAr

They are swinging along with the minds of the men who are looking at
them as they are swinging. 

vALaram poruda vElum manmathan Silaiyum, vaNDin
kELoDu kiDanda nIlac curuLum Se'ngiDaiyum koNDu
nIL iruL kaLa'ngam nIkki nirai maNi mADa neRRi
SALaram tOrum tOnRum candira udayam kaNDAr
                             ( kamba.mithilai kATcip paThalam -14)

rAma and lakshmaNa are walking through the street.  ViSvAmitrar is also
going with his brahma daNDam [AcAryar humorously says here ViSvAmitrar
dADi - beard - is going!]!  rAma and lakshmaNa are going with him.  The
bungalows - houses - have lots of windows on either side.  

There is a rising moon in each window.  "What is this, there is a moon
in every window!"  lakshmaNa exclaimed: "Brother!  Are there so many
moons in this city!"

rAma said,  "It is not the moon".

"No, muttaNNA [elder brother]! These are moons; they look like moons
without any blemish"!

vALaram poruda vElum manmathan Silaiyum vaNDin
kELoDu kiDanda nIlac curuLum Sen'giDaiyum koNDu

Kamban is describing the beauty of these ladies' faces.

lakshmaNa says, "What a great surprise, muttaNNA!  There are so many
faultless moons in this city"!

rAma said, "No, no; it is nothing".  lakshmaNan asks:  "Then, what are
these?"  rAma says that these are all just the ladies' faces.  

Thus, they saw the faces of women who were looking from the windows -
SALaram tOrum tOnRum candira udayam kaNDAr.

They kept walking looking at the sights along the streets.  There were
wells, ponds, etc., which had crystal clear water.  If one drops a
coin, one can clearly see it and take it back.  The water was that
clean.  The steps were made of marble.  Ladies were coming and taking
bath there.

pa'ngayam, kuvaLai, Ambal, paDar koDi vaLLai, nIlam,
Se'ngiDai, tara'ngam, keNDai, Sinai varAl inaiyadEmba
ta'ngaL vERu uvamai illA avayavam tazhuvi, SAlum
ma'ngaiyar virumbi ADum vAvigaL palavum kaNDAr
                               ( kamba.mithilai kATcip paThalam - 18)

ma'ngaiyar virumbi ADum vAvigaL kaNDAr - a look at those ponds would
instill a desire to take a bath even in the month of mArgazhi [mid
December to mid January]. When you look at some ponds, you feel like
not wanting to take a bath and feel like moving on.  I saw one such
pond here in Bombay for two days! (AcAryar has a slight laughter)

ma'ngaiyar virumbi ADum vAvigaL palavum kaNDAr

After they reached the wonderful city of MithilA, they proceeded
straight to the palace.

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(End of translation of AcArya rAmAmRtam as it appeared in the February
2008
issue of SrI raâ??nganAtha pAdukA)
To be continued â?¦..






      
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