A nice enlightening post. This covers only one aspect of the Bhakti that the Atma has for God, Lakshmana also excelled in other forms. Will post seperately on that. Dasan/raghavan Padmanabhan <aazhwar@xxxxxxxx> wrote: Dear SrEvaishNavites, I Why did sri lakshmaNA refuse to heed sri ramA's direction to remain at ayOdhyA? though this question is not directly taken up, the comentary -sri maNavALa mAmunikal's vyAkyAnam has addressed this issue. Two reasons have been attributed. 1. lakshmaNA could not stand separation from the Lord. 2. He wanted to do all the service to the Lord- that is why he mentioned 'aham sarvam karishyAmi' Why should he say 'i will do all ' . This can also be inferred from the vyAkyAnam: "inna inna adimai seiyya vEaNum enRa oru niyadhi inRikkEa, ellA adimaiyum seiyya vEANum ennum" An event has been quoted here. When they were in pancha-vati, sri rAmA asked lakshmaNA to build a parNa-sAlA at a place which is located near water source and is also in a shadow area. sri lakshmANA felt doomed. Why? He felt that Lord had mounted independence on him. 'nam thalaiyilEa swAthantharyathai vaitha pOdhu perumAL nammai kaivittAr enRu vikrutharAi, pirAtti munnilaiyAga kaiyum anjaliyumAga ninRu- "yEavik-koLLa vEANum' enRu prArthithAr. The blemish of independence should not mix while doing kainkaryam. II. In the 85th sUthram the important characteristics of upAyam and upEyam are highlighted. "upAyathukku sakthiyum,lajjaiyum, yathnamum kulaiya vEANum; upEyathukku, prEAmamum, thannaip pEANAmaiyum, thariyAmaiyum vEANum" srEvacahana bhUshaNam. For upEyam - Immense emotional attachment and affection towards the Lord which propels oneself not to be separated from Him adn do all the services.sri laksmaNA excelled in this. Recalling the event referred hereinabove, it is crystal clear that lakshmaNA had feared independence while performing kainkaryam thus removing the defect of independence and self enjoyment in the shEshathvam. Does this not make iLaya perumAL a true role model of upEyam. That is why we often correlate iLaya-perumAL with the thiru-voi-mozhip pAsuram "vozhivil kAlam ellAm vudanAi manni, vazhuvilA adimai seiyya vEANum nAm" 3-3-1; 'lakshmaNO lakshmi sampannA:!" concluded rAmAnuja dAsan vanamamalai padmanabhan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/.itolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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