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  • Rama Empire Reply To Critics On Map Sanatana Dharma Dates

    Rama Empire Reply To Critics On Map Sanatana Dharma Dates

    I published an article on Rama’s Empire, showing the territories held by Rama.

    The map was based on the references in the Ramayana of Valmiki,the descriptions of the Geography of Valmiki, the reference to the Kings who attended Sita’s Swayamwara,

    The description Valmiki provides while the Horse┬а of Lord Rama went around during the Aswamedha Yaga Rama performed after His return to Ayodhya, the directions provided by Sugreeva to his Vanara ,Monkey army when they were searching for Sita , the details found in Raghu Vamsa of Kalidasa and ancient Tamil Literature references to Rama and Ramayana.

    There have been comments about the content in the post.

    Hanuman Chanting Rama's Name.Image.jpg
    Hanuman Chanting Rama’s Name

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    1.The landmass shown in the Map, shows ┬аrelatively modern locations like the Suez canal.

    My answer is that the reference to the areas won by Rama were cross checked for their modern names , correlated with the descriptions found in Valmiki Ramayana;then the Map was prepared taking the current names for these ancient places.

    This has been done to enable the reader to understand the map.

    Another point is that the ancient landmass was different from what we see to-day .

    Landmass has changed.

    There were super continents like Lemuria,Atlantis,Rodina, Pangaea,…

    Some evidence of their existence has become available.

    Research is on.

    Meanwhile evidence unearthed in Arikkamedu,Tamil Nadu/Pondicherry and the epigraphs of the Thirukoilur TamilNadu speak of Kings from Tamil Nadu having links with Sanatana Dharma.

    Early Tamil Sangam works speak of Rama and Krishna and Silappadikaram mentions that the Yadavas were present in Madurai,Tamil Nadu.

    Krishna and Arjuna visited The Dravida Desa, South India.

    Both of them married Princesses from the south.

    While Krishna had a daughter through the Pandyan Princess , got her married to Pandya Prince, Arjuna had a son Babruvahana.

    Balarama visited south and worshiped Lord Subrahmanya.

    And Lord Krishna attended Tamil Sangam.

    Please Check my posts on each these.

    All these have been cross verified by archaeology, epigraph,Astronomy.

    It would be erroneous to dismiss the mass of evidence because weare yet to recover all the artifacts.

    Remember….

    River Saraswati has been identified,Dwaraka excavated.

    It takes time to unearth by Indian Scholars.

    There is no Dhanushkodi in South Now.

    Only traces remain.

    I have visited the place when I was a child.

    Can I deny Dhanushkodi now?

    Hence the empire of Rama is true, possible and probable, taking into consideration all the facts mentioned above.

    2.Rama lived in Treta Yuga.

    No doubt about this.

    Treta Yuga is thousands of years┬аago.

    The present date of Ramayana around 5000 BC is not accurate for the following reason.

    Astronomical dating is done by verifying the Planetary position by taking reference to the Horoscope of Rama, Sita and Ravana apart from the eclipses mentioned in the Ramayana.

    The problem is that Astronomical events keep on occurring at regular intervals.

    So a planetary position or an eclipse is not unique.

    What date do we take?

    Now we are taking the latest for reckoning, that’s all.

    Here comes the concept of Circular Time.

    According to Hinduism Time is not Linear, that it is not flowing in one direction.

    It is circular.

    ”

    The Purana state ┬аthat Agastya moved towards the South twice .

    Once when Lord Shiva ordered him to move over to South to stabilize the earth, when the North end came down, South rose because of overcrowding by people who came to witness ShivaтАЩs wedding with Uma.


    ( These two events have happened at different periods, not at one instance.    He moved again to South to tame the Vindhya mountain.

    Now let us look the calculation of Time .

    There are Four Yugas and they repeat themselves.

    Brahma, the Creator begins Creation at the beginning of each Yuga which will be dissolved at the end of one Chatur Yuga

    Kali Yuga ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а4,32000 Years

    Dwpara Yuga ┬а4,32,000*2= 8,64,000

    Tretha Yuga ┬а ┬а4,32,000*3=1296000

    Satya Yuga ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а4,32,000*4=1728000

    Total ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а 4820000 Years One Chatur Yuga

    One Manvantara is 306.72 million Years.

    Life in the universe is created and destroyed once every 4.1 to 8.2 billion years,┬аwhich is one full day (day and night) for Brahma. The lifetime of a Brahma is believed to be 311 trillion and 40 billion years-Hindu Cosmology.

    тАШEighty million years ago, India was approximately 6400 km (3968 miles) south of the Eurasian plate. Separating the two was the Tethys Sea. The Indo-Australian tectonic plate тАУ containing the continent of Australia, the Indian subcontinent, and surrounding ocean тАУ was pushed northward by the convection currents generated in the inner mantle. For millions of years, India made its way across the sea toward the Eurasian plate. As India approached Asia, around 40 million years ago, the Tethys Sea began to shrink and its seabed slowly pushed upwards. The Tethys Sea disappeared completely around 20 million years ago and sediments rising from its seabed formed a mountain range. When India and Tibet collided, instead of descending with the plate, the relatively light sedimentary and metamorphic rock that makes up the subcontinent of India pushed against Tibet, forcing it upwards, and created a massive mountain fold. The Himalayas.тАЩ

    Proof from the position of Agastya Star,Canopus.

    Canopus is associated with the sageAgastya, one of the ancient rishis (the others are associated with the stars of the Big Dipper).┬аAgastya, the star, is said to be the тАШcleanser of watersтАЩ and its rising coincides with the calming of the waters of the Indian Ocean. It is considered the son of Pulasthya, son of Brahma.

    Canopus is 310 Light Years away from the Earth.

    тАШAgastya, is the author of 25 hymns (nos 166 to 190) of the first тАШmandalaтАЩ of the Rigveda.
    2. Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky, is called Agastya in India.
    3. This star is close to the ecliptic south pole, having an ecliptic latitude of тАУ76┬░.
    4. As the celestial poles go round the ecliptic poles due to the phenomenon of precession of the earthтАЩs axis of rotation, this star becomes visible from different latitudes on the globe at different times. If we assume that for a star to be visible at a place its altitude at the meridian passage should be at least 5┬░, then calculations give the visibility curve for Agastya (Canopus) as follows.
    5. Agastya was not visible from any part of India before 10,000 BC.
    6. First it became visible at Kanyakumari around that epoch. Thereafter, as it was brought more and more northwards by precession, it became visible at various places in India.
    7. It became visible in the east coast (in the present Chennai region) in 8500 BC, and in the present day Hyderabad in 7200 BC, in the Vindhya region in 5200 BC, at Delhi in 3100 BC.
    8. At present it is visible from most parts of India for longer or shorter durations. This cycle will repeat after every 25,765 years. It is thus clear that around 5000 BC, the star Agastya was visible from the south of the Vindhyas, but not from the north of it.
    9. If sage Agastya was the first to cross the Vindhyas from the north, he would have been the first northerner to see the star. Hence the star has been named after him, just as the Magellanic clouds in the southern sky are named after the navigator Magellan, who first saw them as he sailed southwards.
    10. This fixes an epoch of 5000 BC for sage Agastya. This date is based on the assumption that for a star to be visible its meridian altitude has to be at least 5┬░.
    11. If we make 8┬░ meridian altitude as the criterion for visibility, the date of Agastya would be shifted to about 4000 BC. The dates 5000 and 4000 BC should therefore bracket the probable epoch of Agastya crossing the Vindhya┬аmountains.

    Hindu Puranas state that the south pole came up because of over crowding in the Himalayas because people has rushed in to witness the wedding of Lord Shiva with Parvati and to set the earthтАЩs balance aright Shiva ordered Agastya to go to South and he did so.

    Now the tectonic plate movement of the Himalayas confirm this by observing that

    тАЭ The Indo-Australian tectonic plate тАУ containing the continent of Australia, the Indian subcontinent, and surrounding ocean тАУ was pushed northward by the convection currents generated in the inner mantle. For millions of years, India made its way across the sea toward the Eurasian plate. As India approached Asia, around 40 million years ago, the Tethys Sea began to shrink and its seabed slowly pushed upwards. The Tethys Sea disappeared completely around 20 million years ago and sediments rising from its seabed formed a mountain range. When India and Tibet collided, instead of descending with the plate, the relatively light sedimentary and metamorphic rock that makes up the subcontinent of India pushed against Tibet, forcing it upwards, and created a massive mountain fold.тАЭ

    Hence Agastya left for the South around 40 Million years ago to balance the earth.

    Please read my Post ┬аCanopus Agastya validates Sanatana Dharma.”

    Above is an except from My Post

    ┬аhttps://ramanisblog.in/2015/03/22/shiva-uma-wedding-agastya-to-south-40-million-years-tectonics-proof/

    So the Treta Yuga period is validated.

    The Astronomical events which we are using to date Ramayana happened in Treta Yuga, as celestial events take place regularly, as well.

    The land mass as I have shown is correct for the reasons mentioned in answering critics in point number 1 .

    And that Rama lived in Treta Yuga and both the observations are correct.

    Kindly read my posts on Agastya Date, Ramayana Date, Mahabharata date,Dating tools and more posts filed under Hinduism.

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  • My Posts On Sanatana Dharma Spread Reply To Crticis

    I have been publishing articles on Sanatna Dharma, also called Hinduism, trying to validate with the help of available Archaeological evidence,Astronomy,Etymology.Cultural Language similarity,references in Indian and foreign literature and Architectural similarities if not identities.

    For my post ‘World’s Oldest Temple, Gobekli Tepe,built By Brahmins, I have received a lot ┬аadverse comments, though they were out numbered by ┬аpositive comments.

    Bhimbetka rock painting .jpg
    Bhimbetka rock painting showing man riding on horse.30,000 Years old. “Bhimbetka rock paintng1”. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bhimbetka_rock_paintng1.jpg#/media/File:Bhimbetka_rock_paintng1.jpg

    The Major thrust of the adverse comments are.

    1.The facts I have quoted are not scientific.

    2.The Gobekli site is 11000 Years old and since the Ramayana is dated around 5114!

    And the archaeological investigation is not complete.

    Hence, what I have written, as one reader put it, making it up.

    3.The dating is wrong and people will accept only Carbon dating and scientific dating methods.

    My clarification.

    ‘The facts I have quoted are not scientific’.

    I have ┬аand am providing sources for every single article I write from reliable sources.

    In some cases I draw inferences by linking various elements,like the archaeological findings,Astronomical events, Etymology, Cultural behavior,Language and architectural affinity.

    So they stand as a theory till such time some additional evidence comes along.

    But till new evidence comes along my theory is an improvement on the ┬аexisting data.

    And is more ┬аaccurate than the existing ones.

    History is the process of trying to reconstruct events by cross referencing, linking various elements as mentioned above.

    I do not indulge in misinformation as it is the prerogative of the West.

    I do not put on my Blinkers when an Indian source presents itself and refuse to accept it because it is not by a Western Scholar(?)

    ”

    ‘The Gobekli site is 11000 Years old and since the Ramayana is dated around only that period.’

    And the archaeological investigation is not complete.

    Hence, what I have written, as one reader put it, making it up.”

    True that the Gobelki is 11000 years old and Ramayana is dated around 5000 BC.

    Rig Veda is also dated at 5000 BC.

    Both the dates were by the Western scholars.

    Are they assigning Rig Veda and Ramayana the same date?

    What about Mahabharata?

    ┬аEXACT DATE OF MAHABHARAT WAR
    16TH OCTOBER 5561 YEAR B.C.

    Does it mean That Ramayana took place just 500 Years before Mahabharata?

    We have references to Ramayana and Mahabharata ┬аin Sanskrit Texts and Tamil.

    Both these languages are so old it is impossible to date them accurately within the time frame as we know of..

    I am providing excerpts on India in Paleolithic age.9Material provided thowards the close of the Post)

    People have lived in India 50,000 -75000 Years ago.

    I have articles on the age of Tamil Sangam Vedas Puranas and the Temples of India.

    So it is possible that the Events in the Puranas have happened earlier than Gobekli Tepe and there are strong possibilities that Sanatana Dharma spread there .

    I have provided more evidence that Tamils/Sanatana Dharma was the root for Mayas, Aztecs,Sumerian, Minoan.

    People may ┬аcheck the relevant posts.

    On the fact that the archaeological ┬аis incomplete, what is wrong in providing links to the references ┬аfound in Indian texts to arrive at┬аa conclusion?

    One does not expect a Westerner to know of these references from India.

    What is wrong in providing this to enhance knowledge?

    While these archaeological ┬аevidence is available on the web, the specific information on Indian references is not for it requires knowledge of ancient Indian Texts exposure to Modern dating technic.

    DNA evidence leads to Madurai.

    Carbon dating is ideal.

    The issue in Carbon dating is,

    If you are verifying a vessel, it can date only the material and does not tell you the date when the artifact was made.

    In Astronomy also the astronomical events repeat themselves over and over.

    So which one do we take reference to?

    Hence my attempt has been to synthesize all the elements and provide a theory for people to work on.

    I do not manufacture history like the west.

    I trust Indian and western sources with skepticism, check them and formulate my view.

    “The history of India begins with evidence of human activity of Anatomically modern humans, as long as 75,000 years ago, or with earlier hominids including Homo erectus from about 500,000 years ago.[..

    Isolated remains of Homo erectus in Hathnora in the Narmada Valley in central India indicate that India might have been inhabited since at least the Middle Pleistocene era, somewhere between 500,000 and 200,000 years ago.[20][21] Tools crafted by proto-humans that have been dated back two million years have been discovered in the northwestern part of the subcontinent.[22][23] The ancient history of the region includes some of South Asia’s oldest settlements[24] and some of its major civilisations.[25][26] The earliest archaeological site in the subcontinent is the palaeolithic hominid site in the Soan River valley.[27] Soanian sites are found in the Sivalik region across what are now India, Pakistan, and Nepal.[28]

    The Mesolithic period in the Indian subcontinent was followed by the Neolithic period, when more extensive settlement of the subcontinent occurred after the end of the last Ice Age approximately 12,000 years ago. The first confirmed semipermanent settlements appeared 9,000 years ago in the Bhimbetka rock shelters in modern Madhya Pradesh, India. Early Neolithic culture in South Asia is represented by theBhirrana findings (7500 BCE) in Haryana, India & Mehrgarh findings (7000тАУ9000 BCE) in Balochistan, Pakistan.[29][30][31]

    Traces of a Neolithic culture have been alleged to be submerged in the Gulf of Khambat in India, radiocarbon dated to 7500 BCE.[32]However, the one dredged piece of wood in question was found in an area of strong ocean currents. Neolithic agriculture cultures sprang up in the Indus Valley region around 5000 BCE, in the lower Gangetic valley around 3000 BCE, and in later South India, spreading southwards and also northwards into Malwa around 1800 BCE. The first urban civilisation of the region began with the Indus Valley Civilisation

    Citations.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India#Stone_Age

    http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/ancient/mahabharat/mahab_vartak.html

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  • Hanuman Horoscope

    Indian Mythologies are not Myths, as has been proved by Anthropology, Archaeology and Astronomy.

    These contain references to Geographical features , events and detailed information about people with their Birth charts.

    I have posted the Birth charts, called Jataka in Sanskrit, of Lord Rama ,Krishna which tally with the events verified by archaeology and Astronomy.

    Lord Hanuman, also called as Hanuman,Vayuputra, Pawan Kumara,Anjaneya, Maaruti is an Immortal.

    I searched for the Birth chart of Hanuman.

    Here it is.

    Horoscope of Hanuman..image.jpg Hanuman Birth Chart.

    Hanuman s an Immortal, a Chiranjeevi.

    He is considered variously as the son of Anajana, An amsa of Rudra or Shiva Himself, who came down to assist Lord Rama to destroy the Asuras.

    I shall be writing in detail on the Etymology of Hanuman.

    * I am providing the details of the Horoscope in English.

    On to your left as you see on the screen is Rama’s Horoscope.

    Left is Hanuman’s.

    Fro the top left of Hanuan Horoscope, names of the Planets in English.

    1.Ketu.

    2.Mars.

    3, 4 and 5 clockwise is Blank.

    6.Guru, Jupiter.

    7.Sukra(Venus),Budha(Mercury) and Rahu.

    8, 9 Blank.

    10.Surya(Sun) and Moon(Chandra)

    11.Sani(Saturn)

    12.Blank

    Nakshatra.Moola(Jyeshta)

    Citation.

    https://plus.google.com/photos/109843847207556735670/albums/5089136640025009521

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  • Rama Sita in Vedas A Contradiction?

    Sometimes one comes across references in the Ithihasa and Puranas , when related to the Vedas there is confusion.

    Rama and Sita. image.jpg Rama and Sita.

    The Vedas,the Scripture of the Hindus, are accepted as Apaurusheya, not man-made and timeless, are undoubtedly the earliest works of Sanatana Dharma, and the Vedas , especially the Rig Veda is considered to be first literature of Mankind.dated conservatively at 5000 BC.

    The Ithihasas Ramayana and Mahabharata come later.

    One comes across references to Rama and Sita in the Ramayana.

    References to Rama in Ramayana.

    ‘

    тАЬ14 This to Duс╕е┼Ы─лma Pс╣Ыthav─Бna have I sung, to Vena, Rama, to the nobles, and the King.
    They yoked five hundred, and their love of us was famed upon their way.
    15 Besides, they showed us seven-and-seventy horses here.
    T─Бnva at once displayed his gift, P─Бrthya at once displayed his gift; and straightway M─Бyava showed his.тАЭ XCIII Visvedevas.

    Vena is the ancestor of Rama.

    In the absence of Dasaratha┬аreference, some dispute the name Rama as the Rama of Ramayana.

    There is an interesting┬а┬аnote found in the Bala Kanda of Ramayana.

    Valmiki wrote that he wrote the Ramayana to expound The Vedas.

    тАЬkushiilavau tu dharmaGYau raajaputrau yashasvinau |
    bhraatarau svarasampannau dadarsha aashramavaasinau ||
    sa tu medhaavinau dR^ishhTvaa vedeShu pariniShThitau |
    vedopabR^ihmaNaarthaaya taavagraahayata prabhuh ||
    kaavyaM raamaayaNaM kR^itsnaM siitaayaashcharitaM mahat.h|
    paulastya vadhamityeva chakaara charitavrataH||

    (vAlmIki-rAmAyaNaтАУbAlakANDa 1.4.5-7)

    The princes, the brothers, Kusha and Lava, were knowledgeable about Dharma and were glorious. Their voices were melodious and they lived in the hermitage of (vAlmIki). He (vAlmIki), established in good deeds, observed those two extremely intelligent (princes), skilled in the Vedas, and for the sake of expounding the Vedas, he composed and made them study the poem sampUrNa-rAmAyaNa (the entire rAmAyaNa) (containing) the great story of sItA and the slaying of rAvaNa.

    These verses from the vAlmIki-rAmAyaNa clearly show that the sage vAlmIki composed the rAmAyaNa to expound the meaning of the Vedas…

    Sita in the Vedas.

    тАЬ Auspicious Sita, come thou near;We venerate and worship thee
    That thou mayst bless and prosper us
    And bring us fruits abundantly.    		 тАЭ

    -Rig veda 4.57

    In Harivansha Sita has been invoked as one of the names of goddess Arya:

    тАЬ O goddess, you are the altar’s center in the sacrifice,
    The priest’s fee
    Sita to those who hold the plough
    And Earth to all living being.    		 тАЭ

    The Kausik-sutra and the Paraskara-sutra associate her repeatedly as the wife of Parjanya (a god associated with rains) and Indra.[4]

    Sita is known by many epithets. She is called J─Бnaki as the daughter of Janaka and Maithili as the princess of Mithila.[5] As the wife of Rama, she is called Ram─Б. Her father Janaka had earned the sobriquet Videha due to his ability to transcend body consciousness; Sita is therefore also known as Vaidehi.

    Is this not an Anachronism?

    How can the Vedas mention Rama and Sita who came later?

    The Ramayana mention that Rama was adorned with Upaveeda and the Upanayana ceremony was performed according the Vedic procedure.

    Sita Rama Marriage was performed according to Vedic rites.

    Why this contradiction?

    The explanation for Rama being found Rama in Vedas.

    10.111.07 sacanta yad uShasaH sooryeNa citrAm asya ketavo rAm avindan |
    10.111.07 A yan nakShatraM dadRushe divo na punar yato nakir addhA nu veda ||(Rig Veda)

    pra tadduHshIme pR^ithavAne vene pra rAme vochamasure maghavatsu |
    ye yuktvAya pa.ncha shatAsmayu pathA vishrAvyeshhAm.h ||9Rig Veda 10.93.14),

    In yajnas of wealthy kings such as duHshIma, pR^ithavAna, vena, and the powerful rAma, I utter hymns to the gods who travel by 500 chariots drawn by horses in the world of the gods, and who are fond of us (humans).

    1.’Since rAmAyaNa is based on the Vedas, there must be mantras in the Vedas that correspond to the immortal story of rAma. It is with this objective that nIlakaNTha, the great commentator on the mahAbhArata, has presented, with his own wonderful commentary, the mantra-rAmAyaNa. The mantra-rAmAyaNa is a compilation of Riks from the R^ig Veda that narrate the story of rAma or the rAmAyaNa.тАЭ

    2.As I have posted earlier the Vedas were not grasped in one shot.

    They were grasped by different Rishis at different times.

    Hence the reference to ┬аRama in the Ramayana could have been included in the later revelations, while a portion of the Vedas were in existence before Rama, which Rama followed.

    Reference of Sita in Ramayana.

    1. If one were to look at the etymology of the word Sita, it means Furrow, indicating that Sita was found while using furrowing.

    As such she was considered to be daughter of Earth.

    As Sita was found while using the Furrow, she might have been given the name Sita.

    The name given to her was Janaki, daughter of Janaka..

    This practice is called Thaddidhaantam, that of linking the the name of the offspring to father.

    Thus Rama is also called Dasarathy.

    The other explanation for Sita being mentioned in the Vedas is the same as stated for Rama.

    Citation.

    https://ramanisblog.in/2014/08/07/ramayana-in-the-rig-veda/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sita#Legend

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  • Ramayana Is Gayatri Mantra. Rig Veda,Valmiki ,Agastya

    Ramayana Is Gayatri Mantra. Rig Veda,Valmiki ,Agastya

    Indian Legends is Factual.Allegorical and Philosophical.

    Persons and events narrated in the legends are open for verification , they convey spiritual truth in the form of allegory and they also express complex abstract philosophical thoughts.

    Thus the existence of Rama is proved by astronomical and archaeology.

    Ramayana also expresses the spiritual truth thus.

    Coronation of Lord Rama.Image.jpg Sri Rama Pattabhisheka.

    Ravana represents the qualities of Sattva Rajas and Tamas not in balance.

    While he is the personification for Satva for he is one of the ardent devotees of Shiva, a good ruler, and an affectionate brother, and husband.

    He is an active ruler with military might,enjoyed the Bohemian way of Life by maintaining a huge Harem.

    He was Tamasic when he lusted after another wife.

    Though he had his control over his senses and desires he could not master them is this case.

    So despite his valor ,piety, scholarship, and love of his subjects he was doomed once he gave way to the Tamasic impulse of lust.

    Rama represents ┬аthe Satva in ascendance.

    How this conquers ┬аtendencies ┬аthe Rajasic and Tamasic ┬аis Ramayana.

    All the characters ┬аrepresent some tendencies or Gunas and the result one begets in yielding to them.

    At the philosophical level, it personifies in Lord Rama, The Brahman.

    It illustrates how the Brahman when expressing itself, becomes entangled imagines itself ,because of Avidya/Maya,as┬а┬аAham(Mine)┬аwith worldly pleasures and pain an d in the end wisdom dawns ┬аonce t the Guna Viseshas are exhausted.

    Not only this.

    Valimiki states that he has designed the Ramayana after The Gayatri Mantra.

    ‘rAmAyaNadrumaM naumi rAmaraxAnavAN^kuram.h |
    gAyatrIbIjamAmnAyamUlaM moxamahAphalam.h ||
    (nIlakaNTha’s commentary on the
    mantra-rAmAyaNa)

    I bow to the tree of rAmAyaNa that has a new bud called the rAma-raxA-stotra, that which has the the gAyatrI (mantra) as its seed (bIja), that which has its roots in the Vedas, and that yields the great fruit of mokshha!

    kushiilavau tu dharmaGYau raajaputrau yashasvinau |
    bhraatarau svarasampannau dadarsha aashramavaasinau ||
    sa tu medhaavinau dR^ishhTvaa vedeShu pariniShThitau |
    vedopabR^ihmaNaarthaaya taavagraahayata prabhuh ||
    kaavyaM raamaayaNaM kR^itsnaM siitaayaashcharitaM mahat.h|
    paulastya vadhamityeva chakaara charitavrataH||

    (vAlmIki-rAmAyaNa-bAlakANDa 1.4.5-7)

    The princes, the brothers, Kusha and Lava, were knowledgeable about Dharma and were glorious. Their voices were melodious and they lived in the hermitage of (vAlmIki). He (vAlmIki), established in good deeds, observed those two extremely intelligent (princes), skilled in the Vedas, and for the sake of expounding the Vedas, he composed and made them study the poem sampUrNa-rAmAyaNa (the entire rAmAyaNa) (containing) the great story of sItA and the slaying of rAvaNa…

    ata eva rAmAyaNe chaturvimshatisAhasrAyaM chaturvimshatigAyatryaxarANi
    vAlmIkinA saMgR^ihItAni

    For this reason, vAlmIki bases the twenty-four thousand verses of the rAmAyaNa on the twenty-four akshhara’s (syllables) of the gAyatrI mantra (of the Vedas).

    nIlakaNTha quotes from the agastya-saMhitA to further support the fact that the rAmAyaNa story is drawn from the Vedas:

    vedavedaye pare puMsi jAte dasharathAtmaje |
    vedaH prAchetasAdAsIt.h sAxAdrAmAyaNAtmanA |
    tasmAdrAmAyaNaM devi veda eva na saMshayaH ||

    When the Supreme Being, known through the Vedas, was born as the son of dasharatha (rAma), the Veda (manifested itself) through the (mouth) of the sage prAchetasa directly as the rAmAyaNa. Therefore, O devi, the rAmAyaNa is the Veda itself, without a doubt.

    nIlakaNTha is well known as the commentator par excellence of the mahAbhArata. He hailed from what is modern day Kopargaon in the state of Maharashtra but he is said to have settled down in Varanasi, where he wrote his commentary on the ‘bhArata called the “bhAratabhAvapradIpa.” This commentary is also known as the “nIlakaNThI.” This famous commentary on the bhArata is said to have been written towards the end of the 17th century C.E.

    nIlakaNTha compiled a collection of mantras from the R^ig Veda that correspond to the story of rAma. This collection is called the “mantra- rAmAyaNa.” I will present a few of these mantras from the R^ig Veda, with notes from nIlakaNTha’s commentary, “mantra-rahasya-prakAshikA.”

    The rAmAyaNa can be told in as many as 24,000 verses as in the vAlmIki rAmAyaNa or in just one verse as in the eka-shlokI-rAmAyaNa which captures all the main events of the epic such as rAma’s exile to the forest, killing of the golden deer, the kidnapping of sItA, the death of jaTAyu, the meeting with sugrIva and the punishment of vAlI, the crossing of the oceana and burning of laN^kA by HanumAn, and finally the slaying of rAvaNa and kuMbhakarNa:

    Adau rAmatapovanAdigamanaM hatvA mR^iga-kAJNchanam.h
    vaidehIharaNaM jaTAyumaraNaM sugrIva-saMbhAshhaNam.h |
    vAli-dushhTa-nigrahaNam samudrataraNaM laN^kAdAhanam.h
    pashchAt.h rAvaNa-kuMbhakarNa-hananaM etaddhi rAmAyaNam.h ||

    The mantra-rAmAyaNa itself has more than 150 Riks. But I will present a few of them summarizing the immortal story of rAma.

    First, there arises the question: does the name “rAma” occur in the veda and in what context?

    R^ig Veda 10.93.14 (maNDala 10, sUkta 93, Rik 14) says:

    pra tadduHshIme pR^ithavAne vene pra rAme vochamasure maghavatsu |
    ye yuktvAya pa.ncha shatAsmayu pathA vishrAvyeshhAm.h ||

    In yajnas of wealthy kings such as duHshIma, pR^ithavAna, vena, and the powerful rAma, I utter hymns to the gods who travel by 500 chariots drawn by horses in the world of the gods, and who are fond of us (humans).’

    The Gayatri Ramayana.


    Valmiki Ramayana contains 24000 slokas divided into 7 Kandas, namely, Balakanda, Ayodhya Kanda, Aranya Kanda, Kishkindha kanda, Sundara kanda, ┬аYuddha kanda ┬аand Uttara Kanda. ┬аThe first letter of the first sloka in each group of 1000 slokas is taken from the Gayatri Mahamantra (given below) in the same sequence namely, рдд, рд╕, рд╡рд┐,┬арддреБ, рд╡ ┬аetc.,

    рддрддреНрд╕рд╡рд┐рддреБрд░реНрд╡рд░реЖрдгреНрдпрдВ
    рднрд░реНрдЧреЛ рджреЗрд╡рд╕реНрдп рдзреАрдорд╣рд┐
    рдзрд┐рдпреК рдпреК рдирдГ рдкреНрд░рдЪреЛрджрдпрд╛рддреН

    The collection of these slokas constitutes the Gayatri Ramayana.

    Each sloka is identified below by the
    Kanda (1 for Balakanda, 2 forAyodhya Kanda etc),
    chapter number within the Kanda,
    and serial┬аnumber of the sloka within the chapter:

    1. рддрдкрд╕реНрд╕реНрд╡рд╛рдзреНрдпрд╛рдпрдирд┐рд░рддрдВ рддрдкрд╕реНрд╡реА рд╡рд╛рдЧреНрд╡рд┐рджрд╛рдВ рд╡рд░рдореНред

    рдирд╛рд░рджрдВ рдкрд░рд┐рдкрдкреНрд░рдЪреНрдЫ рд╡рд╛рд▓реНрдореАрдХрд┐рд░реНрдореБрдирд┐рдкреБрдЩреНрдЧрд╡рдореН рее┬а (рез.рез.рез)

    Sage Valmiki, ever engaged in austerities and reading of scriptures, asked Narada, foremost among Munis and a Master in the art of word craft (speech).

    [Note: ValmikiтАЩs questions are expressed in the following slokas:

    рдХреЛрдиреНрд╡рд╕реНрдорд┐рдиреН рд╕рд╛рдВрдкреНрд░рддрдВ рд▓реЛрдХреЗ рдЧреБрдгрд╡рд╛рдиреН рдХрд╢реНрдЪ рд╡реАрд░реНрдпрд╡рд╛рдиреНред

    рдзрд░реНрдордЬреНрдЮрд╢реНрдЪ рдХреГрддрдЬреНрдЮрд╢реНрдЪ рд╕рддреНрдпрд╡рд╛рдХреНрдпреЛ рджреГрдврд╡реНрд░рддрдГ рее┬а┬а (рез.рез.реи)

    рдЪрд╛рд░рд┐рддреНрд░реЗрдг рдЪ рдХреЛ рдпреБрдХреНрддрдГ рд╕рд░реНрд╡рднреВрддреЗрд╖реБ рдХреЛ рд╣рд┐рддрдГ ред

    рд╡рд┐рджреНрд╡рд╛рдиреН рдХрдГ рдХрд╕реНрд╕рдорд░реНрдерд╢реНрдЪ рдХрд╢реНрдЪреИрдХрдкреНрд░рд┐рдпрджрд░реНрд╢рдирдГрее(рез.рез.рей)

    рдЖрддреНрдорд╡рд╛рдиреН рдХреЛ рдЬрд┐рддрдХреНрд░реЛрдзрдГ рджреНрдпреБрддрд┐рдорд╛рдиреН рдХреЛрд╜рдирд╕реВрдпрдХрдГред

    рдХрд╕реНрдп рдмрд┐рднреНрдпрддрд┐ рджреЗрд╡рд╛рд╢реНрдЪ рдЬрд╛рддрд░реЛрд╖рд╕реНрдп рд╕рдВрдпреБрдЧреЗ рее(рез.рез.рек)

    рдПрддрджрд┐рдЪреНрдЫрд╛рдореНрдпрд╣рдВ рд╢реНрд░реЛрддреБрдВ рдкрд░рдВ рдХреМрддреВрд╣рд▓рдВ рд╣рд┐ рдореЗред

    рдорд╣рд░реНрд╖реЗ рддреНрд╡рдВ рд╕рдорд░реНрдереЛрд╜рд╕рд┐ рдЬреНрдЮрд╛рддреБрдореЗрд╡рдВ рд╡рд┐рдзрдВ рдирд░рдВ рее(рез.рез.рел)

    O Naradamuni, Is there any man on this earth now who has all sterling qualities, who is valiant, who knows what is dharma, who acknowledges with gratitude whatever help is rendered to him, who always speaks the truth, who is firm on his commitments, whose conduct is unblemished, who thinks of the welfare of all beings, who is wise and competent, who has a pleasing appearance, who is rooted in his Atma, who has conquered anger, who gives out light, who is not envious and whom even the devas fear when he is afire with anger in a war?┬а I want to hear about him from you. I am keenly interested in this. You must be knowing someone with all these attributes.]

     

    1. рд╕ рд╣рддреНрд╡рд╛ рд░рд╛рдХреНрд╖рд╕рд╛рдиреНрд╕рд░реНрд╡рд╛рдиреН рдпрдЬреНрдЮрдШреНрдирд╛рдиреН рд░рдШреБрдирдиреНрджрдирдГред

    рдЛрд╖рд┐рднрд┐рдГ рдкреВрдЬрд┐рддрд╕реНрд╕рдореНрдпрдХреН рдпрдереЗрдиреНрджреНрд░реЛ рд╡рд┐рдЬрдпреА рдкреБрд░рд╛ рее (рез.рейреж.реирей)

    Having killed the demons obstructing the sacrifice, Sri Ram was felicitated by the sages as Indra was felicitated long ago on his victory (over the asuras)

    [Note: The context here is RamaтАЩs protecting the sacrifice being performed by sage Viswamitra from the depredations ofrakshasas like Maricha]

    1. рд╡рд┐рд╢реНрд╡рд╛рдорд┐рддреНрд░рд╕реНрддреБ рдзрд░реНрдорд╛рддреНрдорд╛ рд╢реНрд░реБрддреНрд╡рд╛ рдЬрдирдХрднрд╛рд╖рд┐рддрдореН ред

    рд╡рддреНрд╕ рд░рд╛рдо рдзрдиреБрдГ рдкрд╢реНрдп рдЗрддрд┐ рд░рд╛рдШрд╡рдордмреНрд░рд╡реАрддреН┬а рее (рез.ремрен.резреи)

    Hearing JanakaтАЩs words, the righteous Viswamitra said to┬а Sri Ram┬а тАЬO my boy Rama, take a look at this bowтАЭ

    [Note: The context is the condition laid down by Janaka for the hand of Sita. The aspiring suitors had to lift the bow of Shiva, bend it and string it.┬а Sri Ram effortlessly lifted it and, in a swift lightning movement, broke it into two pieces in the act of stringing it]

    1. рддреБрд╖реНрдЯрд╛рд╡рд╛рд╕реНрдп рддрджрд╛ рд╡рдВрд╢рдВ рдкреНрд░рд╡рд┐рд╢реНрдп рдЪ рд╡рд┐рд╢рд╛рдВрдкрддреЗрдГред

    рд╢рдпрдиреАрдпрдВ рдирд░реЗрдиреНрджреНрд░рд╕реНрдп рддрджрд╛рд╕рд╛рджреНрдп рд╡реНрдпрддрд┐рд╖реНрдардд рее┬а (реи.резрел.реиреж)

    Then Sumantra approached RamaтАЩs abode and standing at the entrance of RamaтАЩs bedroom praised Rama and his forebears in the dynasty.

    [Note: The context is KaikeyiтАЩs insistence on sending Rama into the forests for fourteen years in exchange for one of the boons granted to her by Dasaratha earlier.┬а Dasaratha was heart-broken at the prospect of separation from his son for such a long time.┬а How could he convey this news to Rama?┬а He sends Sumantra to bring Rama to him.]

    1. рд╡рдирд╡рд╛рд╕рдВ рд╣рд┐ рд╕рдВрдЦреНрдпрд╛рдп рд╡рд╛рд╕рд╛рдВрд╕реНрдпрд╛рднрд░рдгрд╛рдирд┐ рдЪред

    рднрд░реНрддрд╛рд░рдордиреБрдЧрдЪреНрдЫрдиреНрддреНрдпреИ рд╕реАрддрд╛рдпреИ рд╢реНрд╡рд╢реБрд░реЛ рджрджреМ рее (реи.рекреж.резрел)

    Dasaratha gave Sita, who was following her husband (into the forest), enough clothes and ornaments reckoning the number of days to be spent in the forest,

    [Note: The context is impending departure of Rama, Sita and Lakshmana into the forests]

    1. рд░рд╛рдЬрд╛ рд╕рддреНрдпрдВ рдЪ рдзрд░реНрдордВ рдЪ рд░рд╛рдЬрд╛ рдХреБрд▓рд╡рддрд╛рдВ рдХреБрд▓рдореНред

    рд░рд╛рдЬрд╛ рдорд╛рддрд╛ рдкрд┐рддрд╛ рдЪреИрд╡ рд░рд╛рдЬрд╛ рд╣рд┐рддрдХрд░реЛ рдиреГрдгрд╛рдореН рее┬а (2.67.34)

    It is the king who the is upholder of Truth and Dharma, it is he who protects those of good genealogy (kula) and he is the father, mother and well-wisher of his subjects.

    [Note: The above words are those of Markandeya and other hermits as well as ministers of Dasaratha who request Vasishtha to appoint one of DasarathтАЩs sons as the King since Rama has gone on vanavasa ┬аand Dasaratha is dead unable to bear the separation of Rama ]

    1. рдирд┐рд░реАрдХреНрд╖реНрдп рд╕ рдореБрд╣реВрд░реНрддрдВ рддреБ рджрджрд░реНрд╢ рднрд░рддреЛ рдЧреБрд░реБрдореН ред

    рдЙрдЯрдЬреЗ рд░рд╛рдордорд╛рд╕реАрдирдВ рдЬрдЯрд╛рдордгреНрдбрд▓рдзрд╛рд░рд┐рдгрдореН реереи.репреп.реирел)

    Bharata (after sighting the hermitage of Rama), spent a few minutes looking at it and then saw Rama , his Guru, sitting inside with his matted locks.

    [Note: The context is Bharata visiting Rama at Chitrakuta with a view to persuading him to return to Ayodhya]

    1. рдпрджрд┐ рдмреБрджреНрдзрд┐рдГ рдХреГрддрд╛ рджреНрд░рд╖реНрдЯреБрдВ рдЕрдЧрд╕реНрддреНрдпрдВ рддрдВ рдорд╣рд╛рдореБрдирд┐рдореНред

    рдЕрджреНрдпреИрд╡ рдЧрдордиреЗ рдмреБрджреНрдзрд┐рдВ рд░реЛрдЪрдпрд╕реНрд╡ рдорд╣рд╛рдпрд╢рд╛рдГ рее┬а (рей.резрез.рекрек)

    Sutikshna Rishi (in whose hermitage Rama was staying) said to┬а Rama тАЬO Rama of great fame, if you intend visiting Agastya, the great sage, ┬аthen make up your mind to go there today itselfтАЭ.

    [Note: The context is when Rama spent time at the hermitage of Sutikhsna after BharataтАЩs visit]

    1. рднрд░рддрд╕реНрдпрд╛рд░реНрдпрдкреБрддреНрд░рд╕реНрдп рд╢реНрд╡рд╢реНрд░реВрдгрд╛рдВ рдордо рдЪ рдкреНрд░рднреЛред

    рдореГрдЧрд░реВрдкрдорд┐рджрдВ рд╡реНрдпрдХреНрддрдВ рд╡рд┐рд╕реНрдордпрдВ рдЬрдирдпрд┐рд╖реНрдпрддрд┐┬а (рей.рекрей.резрен)

    Sita┬а says to Rama тАЬ This deer (of golden colour) will be an object of wonder for Aryaputra Bharata, my in-laws and for myselfтАЭ

    [Note: The context is SitaтАЩs fascination for the deer of golden hue which was the guise put on by Maricha by his magical powers to lure Rama away from Sita]

    1. рдЧрдЪреНрдЫ рд╢реАрдШреНрд░рдорд┐рддреЛ рд░рд╛рдо рд╕реБрдЧреНрд░реАрд╡рдВ рддрдВ рдорд╣рд╛рдмрд▓рдореНред

    рд╡рдпрд╕реНрдпрдВ рддрдВ рдХреБрд░реБ рдХреНрд╖рд┐рдкреНрд░рдорд┐рддреЛ рдЧрддреНрд╡рд╛рджреНрдп рд░рд╛рдШрд╡ рее┬а (рей.ренреи.резрен)

    Kabandha to Rama ( after he was freed from his curse and regained his original form): тАЬ O Rama ! Leave this place without delay and go to the powerful Sugreeva.┬а Make friends with him quickly after going there today itself.тАЬ

    1. рджреЗрд╢рдХрд╛рд▓реМ рдкреНрд░рддреАрдХреНрд╖рд╕реНрд╡ рдХреНрд╖рдордорд╛рдгрдГ рдкреНрд░рд┐рдпрд╛рдкреНрд░рд┐рдпреЗред

    рд╕реБрдЦрджреБрдГрдЦрд╕рд╣рдГ рдХрд╛рд▓реЗ┬а рд╕реБрдЧреНрд░реАрд╡рд╡рд╢рдЧреЛ рднрд╡ рее┬а (рек.реиреи.реиреж)

    ValiтАЩs words, on his death bed, to Angada ┬атАЬ Wait for the appropriate place and time, ┬аtaking with equanimity both likes and dislikes and pleasure and pain which occur over a period of time and put yourself under the control of Sugriva тАЬ

    1. рд╡рдиреНрджреНрдпрд╛рд╕реНрддреЗ рддреБ рддрдкрд╕реНрд╕рд┐рджреНрдзрд╛рд╕реНрддрдкрд╕рд╛ рд╡реАрддрдХрд▓реНрдорд╖рд╛рдГ

    рдкреНрд░рд╖реНрдЯрд╡реНрдпрд╛рд╢реНрдЪрд╛рдкрд┐ рд╕реАрддрд╛рдпрд╛рдГ рдкреНрд░рд╡реГрддреНрддрд┐рдВ рд╡рд┐рдирдпрд╛рдиреНрд╡рд┐рддреИрдГ┬а рее (рек.рекрей.рейрек)

    SugrivaтАЩs instructions to the Vanaras regarding the rishis they would meet during their search for Sita: тАЬThose Rishis,┬а who by their austerities,┬а have attained the highest goal of life and have been purified by their tapas, are to be revered and respected.┬а You should enquire of them about Sita and her present situation with modesty and humility.тАЭ

    1. рд╕ рдирд┐рд░реНрдЬрд┐рддреНрдп рдкреБрд░реАрдВ рд╢реНрд░реЗрд╖реНрдард╛рдВ рд▓рдЩреНрдХрд╛рдВ рддрд╛рдВ рдХрд╛рдорд░реВрдкрд┐рдгреАрдореНред

    рд╡рд┐рдХреНрд░рдореЗрдг рдорд╣рд╛рддреЗрдЬрд╛рдГ рд╣рдиреВрдорд╛рдиреНрдорд╛рд░реБрддрд╛рддреНрдордЬрдГ рее (рел.рек.рез)

    Having conquered┬а by his valour the guarding deity ofLankapuri,┬а ┬аwho was capable of taking any form she desired, Hanuman, son of Vayu and very powerful (scaled the ramparts of Lanka)

    1. рдзрдиреНрдпрд╛ рджреЗрд╡рд╛рдГ рд╕рдЧрдиреНрдзрд░реНрд╡рд╛рдГ рд╕рд┐рджреНрдзрд╛рд╢реНрдЪ рдкрд░рдорд░реНрд╖рдпрдГ ред

    рдордо рдкрд╢реНрдпрдиреНрддрд┐ рдпреЗ рдирд╛рдердВ рд░рд╛рдордВ рд░рд╛рдЬреАрд╡рд▓реЛрдЪрдирдореН рее (рел.реирем.рекрез)

    This sloka is from the soliloquy of Sita kept in captivity by Ravana in Ashokavanika: тАЬ Devas, Gandharvas, Siddhas andRishis whosoever see my Lord Rama, who has eyes beautiful as lotus petals, will have their lives fulfilled.тАЭ

    1. рдордВрдЧрд▓рд╛рднрд┐рдореБрдЦреА рддрд╕реНрдп рд╕рд╛ рддрджрд╛рд╕реАрдиреНрдорд╣рд╛рдХрдкреЗрдГред

    рдЙрдкрддрд╕реНрдереЗ рд╡рд┐рд╢рд╛рд▓рд╛рдХреНрд╖реА рдкреНрд░рдпрддрд╛ рд╣рд╡реНрдпрд╡рд╛рд╣рдирдореН рее (рел.релрей.реирем)

    The wide-eyed (Sita), with the intention of blessing Hanuman and preventing any hurt to him,┬а prayed to the Fire God with a pure heart.

    [Note: The context is the episode of HanumanтАЩs tail being wrapped in clothes, soaked in oil and set on fire by therakshasas. But the God of Fire (Agni) did not hurt Hanuman as the latterтАЩs father Vayu was the formerтАЩs friend]

    1. рд╣рд┐рддрдВ рдорд╣рд╛рд░реНрдердВ рдореГрджреБ рд╣реЗрддреБрд╕рдВрд╣рд┐рддрдВ рд╡реНрдпрддреАрддрдХрд╛рд▓рд╛рдпрддрд┐рд╕рдВрдкреНрд░рддрд┐рдХреНрд╖рдордореНред

    рдирд┐рд╢рдореНрдп рддрджреНрд╡рд╛рдХреНрдпрдореБрдкрд╕реНрдерд┐рддрдЬреНрд╡рд░рдГ рдкреНрд░рд╕рдЩреНрдЧрд╡рд╛рдиреБрддреНрддрд░рдореЗрддрджрдмреНрд░рд╡реАрддреН рее (рем.резреж.реирен)

    Hearing (the Advice of Vibhishana) which was well-meaning, having a superior purpose, mild, reasoned, relevant equally in the past, the present and the future, Ravana was infuriated and being passionately attached gave the following reply.

    [Note: The context is VibhishanaтАЩs advising Ravana not to buy the enmity of Rama and honourably return Sita to him. Ravana could not digest this advice]

    1. рдзрд░реНрдорд╛рддреНрдорд╛ рд░рдХреНрд╖рд╕рд╛рдВ рд╢реНрд░реЗрд╖реНрдардГ рд╕рдВрдкреНрд░рд╛рдкреНрддреЛрд╜рдпрдВ рд╡рд┐рднреАрд╖рдгрдГ ред

    рд▓рдЩреНрдХреИрд╢реНрд╡рд░реНрдпрдВ рдзреНрд░реБрд╡рдВ рд╢реНрд░реАрдорд╛рдирдпрдВ рдкреНрд░рд╛рдкреНрдиреЛрддреНрдпрдХрдгреНрдЯрдХрдореН рее (рем.рекрез.ремрео)

    This Vibhishana, the embodiment of dharma and foremost amongrakshasas has arrived (to surrender himself to Rama) and he will surely inherit the whole of the riches of Lanka free of all enemies.

    [Note: These are the words of ValiтАЩs son Angada addressed to Ravana.┬а Angada had come to RavanaтАЩs court as the emissary of Rama]

    1. рдпреЛ рд╡рдЬреНрд░рдкрд╛рддрд╛рд╢рдирд┐рд╕рдиреНрдирд┐рдкрд╛рддрд╛рдиреНрди рдЪреБрдХреНрд╖реБрднреЗ рдирд╛рдкрд┐ рдЪрдЪрд╛рд▓ рд░рд╛рдЬрд╛ред

    рд╕ рд░рд╛рдордмрд╛рдгрд╛рднрд┐рд╣рддреЛ рднреГрд╢рд╛рд░реНрддрд╢реНрдЪрдЪрд╛рд▓ рдЪрд╛рдкрдВ рдЪ рдореБрдореЛрдЪ рд╡реАрд░рдГ рее┬а (рем.релреп.резрекреж)

    The valiant Ravana, struck by the vajrayudha of Indra or by thunder-bolt, was never agitated or moved but struck by the arrows of Rama he became extremely hurt, and the bow slipped from his hand.

    [Note: The context is the first dayтАЩs fight between Rama and Ravana}

    1. рдпрд╕реНрдп рд╡рд┐рдХреНрд░рдордорд╛рд╕рд╛рджреНрдп рд░рд╛рдХреНрд╖рд╕рд╛ рдирд┐рдзрдирдВ рдЧрддрд╛рдГред

    рддрдВ рдордиреНрдпреЗ рд░рд╛рдШрд╡рдВ рд╡реАрд░рдВ рдирд╛рд░рд╛рдпрдгрдордирд╛рдордпрдореН ред┬а (6.72.11)

     

    тАЬOn the strength of whose valour many rakshasas lost their lives that valiant Rama, I think, is the eternal Narayana Himself.тАЭ

    [Note: These are the musings of Ravana when many of his commanders and his brother Kumbhakarna were put to death by Rama and Lakshmana]

    1. рди рддреЗ рджрджрд░реНрд╢рд┐рд░реЗ рд░рд╛рдордВ рджрд╣рдиреНрддрдорд░рд┐рд╡рд╛рд╣рд┐рдиреАрдореНред

    рдореЛрд╣рд┐рддрд╛рдГ рдкрд░рдорд╛рд╕реНрддреНрд░реЗрдг рдЧрд╛рдиреНрдзрд░реНрд╡реЗрдг рдорд╣рд╛рддреНрдордирд╛ реерем.репрек.реиремрее

    The large-hearted┬а Rama was scorching to death the army of the enemy but the rakshasas could not see him, deluded as they were by the ┬аGandharvastra (shot from the bow of Rama)

     

    1. рдкреНрд░рдгрдореНрдп рджреЗрд╡рддрд╛рднреНрдпрд╢реНрдЪ рдмреНрд░рд╛рд╣реНрдордгреЗрднреНрдпрд╢реНрдЪ рдореИрдерд┐рд▓реА ред

    рдмрджреНрдзрд╛рдВрдЬрд▓рд┐рдкреБрдЯрд╛рдЪреЗрджрдореБрд╡рд╛рдЪрд╛рдЧреНрдирд┐рд╕рдореАрдкрддрдГ рее┬а (рем.резрезреп.реирей)

    Offering her salutations to the devas and the brahmanas ┬аSita, with folded hands went near Agni and spoke thus

    [Note: As commanded by Rama Sita steps into fire to prove her chastity and prays to Agni thus:

    ┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а рдпрдерд╛ рдореЗ рд╣реГрджрдпрдВ рдирд┐рддреНрдпрдВ рдирд╛рдкрд╕рд░реНрдкрддрд┐ рд░рд╛рдШрд╡рд╛рддреН ред

    ┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а рддрдерд╛ рд▓реЛрдХрд╕реНрдп рд╕рд╛рдХреНрд╖реА рдорд╛рдВ рд╕рд░реНрд╡рддрдГ рдкрд╛рддреБ рдкрд╛рд╡рдХрдГ рее

    ┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а

    ┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а рдпрдерд╛ рдорд╛рдВ рд╢реБрджреНрдзрдЪрд╛рд░рд┐рддреНрд░рд╛рдВ рджреБрд╖реНрдЯрд╛рдВ рдЬрд╛рдирд╛рддрд┐ рд░рд╛рдШрд╡рдГред

    ┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а рддрдерд╛ рд▓реЛрдХрд╕реНрдп рд╕рд╛рдХреНрд╖реА рдорд╛рдВ рд╕рд░реНрд╡рддрдГ рдкрд╛рддреБ рдкрд╛рд╡рдХрдГ рее

    ┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а

    Just as my heart never moves away from Rama, so Agni the witness for all the world protect me from all sides.

    I am pure and chaste but Rama thinks I am polluted; so Agni the witness for all the world protect me from all sides.]

    1. рдЪрд▓рдирд╛рддреНрдкрд░реНрд╡рддреЗрдиреНрджреНрд░рд╕реНрдп рдЧрдгрд╛ рджреЗрд╡рд╛рд╢реНрдЪ рдХрдВрдкрд┐рддрд╛рдГред

    ┬а┬а┬а рдЪрдЪрд╛рд▓ рдкрд╛рд░реНрд╡рддреА рдЪрд╛рдкрд┐ рддрджрд╛рд╢реНрд▓рд┐рд╖реНрдЯрд╛ рдорд╣реЗрд╢реНрд╡рд░рдореН рее┬а (рен.резрем.реирем)

    When the mountain was shaking, the ganas and devas were tossed about.┬а Parvati also felt the tremor and embraced her consort Maheshwara (Siva)

    [Note:┬а The context is when Ravana tried to uproot the Kailasa Mountain, the abode of Siva, when his Pushpaka was not allowed to fly over it by Nandi]

    1. рджрд╛рд░рд╛рдГ рдкреБрддреНрд░рд╛рдГ рдкреБрд░рдВ рд░рд╛рд╖реНрдЯреНрд░рдВ рднреЛрдЧрд╛рдЪреНрдЫрд╛рджрдирднреЛрдЬрдирдореНред

    ┬а┬а ┬ард╕рд░реНрд╡рдореЗрд╡рд╛рд╡рд┐рднрдХреНрддрдВ рдиреМ рднрд╡рд┐рд╖реНрдпрддрд┐ рд╣рд░реАрд╢реНрд╡рд░ рее (рен.рейрек.рекрез)

    O Chief of Vanaras, ┬аhenceforth wives, sons, city, country, objects of enjoyment, clothes and food would be undivided between us, that is, we will partake of them as common assets.

    [Note: Ravana was overcome by ValiтАЩs superior strength.┬а Discretion being the better part of valour, Ravana concluded a treaty of friendship with Vali.┬а The above are words of Ravana to Vali] ┬а┬а┬а

    1. рдпрд╛рдореЗрд╡ рд░рд╛рддреНрд░рд┐рдВ рд╢рддреНрд░реБрдШреНрдирдГ рдкрд░реНрдгрд╢рд╛рд▓рд╛рдВ рд╕рдорд╛рд╡рд┐рд╢рддреНред

    ┬а┬а┬а рддрд╛рдореЗрд╡ рд░рд╛рддреНрд░рд┐рдВ рд╕реАрддрд╛рдкрд┐ рдкреНрд░рд╕реВрддрд╛ рджрд╛рд░рдХрджреНрд╡рдпрдореН рее(рен.ремрем.рез)

    The night during which┬а satrughna entered the hermitage of Valmiki, the same night Sita was delivered of twin male children.

    1. рдЗрджрдВ рд░рд╛рдорд╛рдпрдгрдВ рдХреГрддреНрд╕реНрдирдВ рдЧрдпрддреНрд░реАрдмреАрдЬрд╕рдВрдпреБрддрдореН ред

    ┬а┬а┬а рддреНрд░рд┐рд╕рдиреНрдзреНрдпрдВ рдпрдГ рдкрдареЗрдиреНрдирд┐рддреНрдпрдВ рд╕рд░реНрд╡рдкрд╛рдкреИрдГ рдкреНрд░рдореБрдЪреНрдпрддреЗ рее

    Those who recite this, the whole of the story of Rama, composed of the bijaksharas (seed letters) of Gayatri Mantra, in the morning, midday and evening sandhyas, will be rid of all his evil deeds.

    Citation.

    http://prramamurthy1931.blogspot.in/2011/08/gayatri-ramayanam.html

    http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/articles/rig_vedic_ramayana/rig_vedic_ramayana-1.htm

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