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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Which form is more beautiful?

By Sri U Ve Maha Vidwan Prativadi Bhayankaram
Annangaracharyar Swami

Translated by madhurakavi dAsan


Through Hanuman, Sita sends a message to Sri Rama
from Asokha Vana. Hanuman gave that message to Sri
Rama: "jIvitamtAra yishyAmi mAsam dasarAtmaja" 
and "Urtvam mA sAnna jIvEyam".

That is, Sita says that "I will survive only one 
more month. I cannot live beyond that".

Sri Rama said "na jIvEyam kshaNamapi vinA tAm 
asitEkshaNAm". He says "She can survive a month
without being with me (if She can survive a month,
may be She can do it even longer). But I cannot 
survive even a moment without Her".

Looking at these two statements together, it might
appear that Rama is to be considered greater than
Sita in the matter of "not surviving when separated".

During Nampillai's time, some folks were talking
thus: Is Sita's statement appropriate? Is She not 
the one who says that She would never separate from
the Lord even for a moment (as said by Azhvar 
"agalakillEn iRaiyumenRu alarmEl mangai uRai 
mArbA")? Is She not the one who should have then 
said "na jIvEyam kshaNamapi"? How is that Valmiki
has written that She says that She can handle the
separation for a month and Rama says that He cannot
handle it even for one moment. When Nampillai
heard this, through him, a great meaning was 
revealed.

Looking at the statements by the divine couple 
carefully, it can be seen that the greatness 
belongs to pirAtti more than the Lord. How is 
that?

Here, it is seen that Her beauty is far greater
than that Lord's beauty which was described as 
"pumsAm drushti cittApahAri". Her greatness is 
seen from the fact that the Lord cannot tolerate 
separation from Her even for a moment. In contrast,
since She said that She could tolerate separation
for one month, it is seen that His beauty is not 
as great as Her's.

In the vyakhyanam for the Thiruvaymozhi pasuram
6-6-6 ("en viRpuruvakkodi thORRadhu meyyE"), 
Nampillai states that "showing the lesser beauty 
("Urtvam mAsAt na jIvishyE"), He stole the greater 
beauty ("na jIvEyam kshaNamapi").

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam




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