Post 2
Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
The beauty of raamaa is incomparable. For us, to understand or
comprehend to a level of clarity, we want a reference point for
comparison. So we use any object, which we feel is of supermost grade
or of superlative degree, to describe raamaa's beauty. That object
fails to reach the beauty heights of raamaa in reality. Yes, that is
the way the lotus has failed ? poet says - kaalukku nigar aamO ? if
feet are so much beautiful, how about other parts of the body ? in
particular the eyes, which exemplifies the face? Now let us continue
the krithi `andha raama soundharyam'.
CharaNam 2:
athisayamudan paLa paLavenRu ilagu kaNNaadi nigharththa kapOlamum
mathigaL oru satha kOtikku mElaana mangaLa malar mukhak-kOlamum
gathi enRu eduththavarkku padhiyum nidhiyum tharum karuNaa nayana
visaalamum
kudhikoLum pavaLa vaayum siru naghaiyum kuRumandhahaasa vilOlamum
pudhu malaiyinil vizhum pon aruviyaippOlum bhoo maNi maarbinil puraLum
muppuri noolum edhirillaadha kOdhaNdamum oru kaalum
ezhudha vENdumenRaal aamO manmathanAlum -- andha raama
meaning: [as stated in previous charaNam two two lines are taken
here]
The cheeks are like mirrors, which are rare and shining. The face is
more than 100 crores of moons all joined together, not only bright
but also, giving the auspiciousness to the subjects.
One who comes to raamaa saying `you are the most sought after
asylum', to him he gives himself as padhi ? the saviour, the husband.
Not only that, he gives wealth ? nidhi also, both through the broad
eyes, which always sheds sympathy - dhayaa. The coral reddish mouth
always gives out happiness ? also small laughs, short and sweet
smiles through the red lips.
The new rainwater, which shines like gold, speeds down in a mountain ?
like that the white sacred thread dangles in the chest that spreads
like the earth. The kOthaNdam hangs down in the shoulders and touches
one foot ? even the love god manmatha cannot describe such a beauty
to write in a picture. Such a beauty of raamaa ? how can I describe,
oh mother, seethaa!" says hanumaan.
CharaNam 3:
peruththa thaamarai idhazh pOlE oLi perugiya mEni singaaramum
variththa sindhoora rEkhaiyum puruvamum vaLarndha neRRi visthaaramum
paruththa thirumudi vENiyum vENiyil pasum-thuLava malar haaramum
thariththa thiruvaazhi koduththu un sEdhiyai thaniyE ennudan sonna
saaramum
thiruththich cholla oru vaayillai oru vaayE
therindhum theriyaamalum sonnEn nee poruppaayE
orukkaalE uNdavar mahimai nee arivaayE
unakkuth-theriyum vEdam thanakkuth theriyum thaayE -- andha raama
meaning: the shining body looks like a big lotus petal, the red
vermillion mark adorned in the face shines like a beam of light, the
bent eye brows, the fully grown forehead spreading across.
The hair is made a plait and locked in the head as a crown, and the
crown has green thuLasi leaves as a garland. How can I describe the
beauty in giving a ring, to me, of him, as a proof of identity and
conveying a special and specific message?
I do not have any more, just to put it correctly in a better way.
Even with these words I said what I know or not know - cannot fully
and properly say ? so please excuse me, oh mother. You know how the
person will talk [or blabber], who enjoyed that raamaa's beauty even
once, and / or the vEdhaas know, oh mother, that raamaa's beauty, how
I can describe.
Points:
1. On the line `mathigaL oru satha kOtikku mElaana mangaLa malar
mukham' Sri vaalmeeki describes raama in the very first sargam of
baala kaaNdam as `sOmavath priya dharsana:' in the 18th slOkam.
2. The poet puts it as though the nava vyaakaraNa paNditha
hanumaan says `I cannot say the beauty of raamaa properly' ? puts it
as `therindhum theriyaamalum sonnEn. Oh mother you know, the vEdhaas
know. Once tasted the beauty of raamaa, their glory also grows up' as
per poet - orukkaalE uNdavar mahimai nee arivaayE ammaa.
Whether our glory goes up or not, let us not bother but at least let
us to continue to enjoy the raama soundharyam as poured out by poet.
Dhasan
Vasudevan m.g.
------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~-->
Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page
http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~->
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
|
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia |
srirangasri-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the list |