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Post 5
Dear srivaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

Let me apologise for this delay in posting the next post on the 
topic `line of control'. I was away for 10 days and had other 
commitments. Hence I could not pay attention to drafting the topic on 
hand.

We saw, as per vaalmeeki, NO `line of control - lakshmana rEkha' was 
drawn by lakshmaNa in protection of seethaa. When he left seethaa 
alone in the forest, having already said, `hey vana dhEvathaas, 
please protect her, I am going to the place from where the sound of 
haa lakshmana haa seethaa emanated, by this I am leaving her 
protection-less, though my master and brother raamaa said be in 
protection to her', [though in the first instance said `I will leave' 
actually left after a while, after repeatedly chided by seetha of 
malafide intentions, not only of his own, but also from bharatha the 
other far away staying brother]. 

The previous post was concluded with `let us see what kamban has to 
say on this line of control'. Now we will have a good look at 
kamban's version of `lakshman rekha'.

On the appearance of the golden deer, maareecha, the deceit 
personified, in front of seethaa, kamban describes the deer with the 
following verse -
than maanam ilaadha thayangu oLi saal
min vaanamum maNNum viLanguvadhu Or
pon maan uruvam kodu pOyinanaal
nan maan anaiyaaL thanai naaduRuvaan ? 43 maareechan vadhaipadalam

Because it is deceit, full of bad intentions, the brightness of the 
golden deer ? min pon maan - minnum pon maan ? means golden deer 
shining or bright like a lightning - the deer also had a cover of 
dark spot ? like earth ? a bright moon and side by side a big dark 
earth when seen from the space. Or, is it a contrast which enhances 
the beauty of that golden shine ? deceit always has a illusory 
brightness with inherent danger inbuilt. Since intentions are bad, it 
is said simply `than maanam ilaadha thayangu oLi ? no self respect ? 
so the brightness also has a limitation or thayangudhal ? a sort of 
shyness or false covering - inherent in it. 

The renunciation, lakshmaNa, immediately could use his real wisdom or 
nature, be able to discriminate, and could put across his mind even 
before raama could react ? as per kamban 
kaayam kanagam, maNi kaal,  sevi, vaal
paayum uruvOdu idhu paNbu alavaal
maayam enal anRi manak koLavE
Eyum iRai mei il enRa aLavE. -52 ? maareechan vadhaip padalam

LakshmaNa says, to raama and seethaa, the body of this deer is gold, 
legs are gemmed, ears and tail are also gemmed or gold, all with a 
capacity to jump like a real animal ? which is against such a deer's 
nature. So it is nothing but a `false' or magic or illusion, in deer 
form ? means this deer is NOT a true animal.   

When seethaa asks raama to catch it and then raama reacts  - like 
maayamEl madiyum anRE vaaLiyin madintha pOdhu
kaai sinaththavarai konRu udan kazhiththOmum aagum
thooyadhEl paRRik kOdum solliya iraNdin onRu
theeyadhE? uraiththi enRaan - dhEvarai idukkaN theerppaan 
-       63 maareechan vadhaip padalam

raamaa says, `ok, lakshmaNa, if it is false, it will die on my arrow 
striking it'. Raama adds, `if it is true animal, then let me catch 
it'. The last three words of this verse of kamban are more 
significant here ? "dhEvarai idukkaN theerppaan" - enRaan 
-       who said that ? raama, who has come to remove the ills of the 
dhEvaas. 
-       `What has to come in future or has to happen in future' is 
said in these words - the reasoning  - this appearance of golden deer 
is going to solve the ills of dhEvaas. So this has appeared and I am 
going to catch it says raama. A classic foretelling.

So raama leaves commanding lakshmana to stay with seethaa. That is 
stated in verse ?
pOnavaL pulavi nOkki puravalan polankoL thaaraai
maan idhu naanE paRRi vallaiyin varuven nanRE
kaan iyal mayil annaaLaik kaaththanai iruththi ennaa
vEl nagu saramum villum vaanginan viraiyaluRRaan  
- 68 maareechan vadhaip padalam

raama received the bow, and arrows [which make the vEl ? the striking 
rod - trisoolam -to run away] and sped behind the deer ? telling 
lakshmaNa ? `kaan iyal mayil annaaLaik kaaththanai iruththi ? be here 
in protection to that forest peacock like seethaa'.  

Again here this `kaan iyal mayil annaaL' is a special description 
worth attention. In the forest the peacock is a free bird flying here 
and there, as it likes, eats, dances when sees the cloud etc. seethaa 
also enjoyed the 13 years of forest life like a free peacock bird, 
with that cloud coloured lord raama, always by the side, when cloud 
is nearby peacock always enjoys and dances freely, seethaa was also 
enjoying the life freely with raama and lakshmaNa.  A very apt 
description of seethaa which also in a way indicate that happy ays 
are slowly tending to end.

Suddenly seethaa hears the words of deceit, maareecha, calling haa 
lakshmaNa haa seethaa. See how seethaa reacts ? 
kuRRam veezhntha guNaththin em kOmagan
maRRu av vaaL arakkan puri maayaiyaal 
iRRu veezhnthanan ennavum en ayal
niRRiyO iLaiOy oru nee enRaaL  
- 4 raavaNan soozhchip padalam  

hey lakshmaNa when that blemishless raama, my prince, has fallen at 
the magic spell of that arakkan who came in disguise of the deer has 
beenkilled ? still you are standing here please rush. The devotion 
seethaa is slowly loosing her grips of good senses. 

Then lakshmaNa says hey ? who in this world can really equal my raama 
in power and valour. You are talking with women's mind and point of 
view. Just recall vaalmeeki here ? his slOkam reads which gets 
translated into tamil - 

avadhya: samarE raamO na Evam thvam vakthum arhasi || 3-45-13
na thvaam asmin vanE haathum uthsahE raaghavam vinaa |
meaning already given in post 2

Also about that predominant `feminality' in seethaa's talking which 
vaalmeeki puts in the following slokam ? simply kamban puts it across 
as `peNmaiyaal urai seya' ? so not much weightage to be given is 
understood fromlakshman's words. That slokam is here -
vaakyam aprathiroopam thu na chithram sthreeshu maithilee |
svabhaava: thu Esha naareeNaam Eshu lOkEshu dhrisyathE || 3-45-29

Since length of the post increases, let us see in next post, kamban's 
version of how seethaa reacts further before lakshmana really leaves 
her.

Dhaasan

Vasudevan m.g.







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