Rama’s concern on wellbeing of His bhaktas (bhakta aBimAnI)

Once a jIvAtmA does saranagati, Bhagawan takes immense efforts keeps uplifting them until it reaches Him.

Ramayanam consists of guNAs of Rama and Sita that will make the reader get overwhelmed with emotions towards1

Him thereby building Bhakti.

Yesterday, I wrote about how He gave aBaya to Vibishana without questioning.

This is an instance where He cares for their wellbeing.

Rama and his team of vAnarAs have reached Lanka and are in discussions. Similarly, Ravana and his ministers 2
are inspecting their opponents and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses.

Upon seeing Ravana, Sugriva who has become a devout bhakta of Rama, cannot bear the sight of someone who has kidnapped Sita causing immense anguish to his swami (Rama). 3
He leaps in the sky, reaches Ravana and wrestles with him fiercely, causing immense embarrassment in front of his ministers, grabs his crown and places it at Rama’s feet.

Meanwhile, Rama became so concerned as He couldn’t find Sugriva and becomes happy once he’s back.4
இதானீம் மா க்ருதா வீர ஏவம் வித மச்சிந்தித்தம்
த்வயி கிஞ்சித் சமா பன்னே கிம் கார்யம் சீதையா மம

பரதேன மஹா பாக லக்ஷ்மனென யவீயசா
க்ஷத்ருக்னேன ச க்ஷத்ருக்ன ஸ்வஷரீரேன வ புன:

Rama is known for speaking what He really thinks, and doing what He speaks. He never ever makes an 5
ostentatious statement.

He tells Sugriva not to perform such activities as any loss of a single strand of hair (த்வயி கிஞ்சித் சமா பன்னே) in Sugriva’s body is not worth retrieving Sita. This is so important as Rama is concerned more about his bhakta’s 6
welfare than His and to achieve that, He’s willing to sacrifice Lakshmana, Bharata and lose Himself in this process.

This is so profound considering that it’s same Rama that was asking every tree in the forest if they have seen Sita and was enquiring about Her. 7
This is a classic behaviour of Bhagawan.

In Srimad Bhagavatham, Ambarisha upakyanam, He says

nAhaM AtmAnaM asAsE mat bhataHi sADuvirvinA - My bhaktas are more important to me than even Vaikuntam or Mahalakshmi 8
Similarly, to Uddava, He says that neither Brahma nor Rudra nor Balarama nor Rukmini as much as you’re.

This Bhagawan behaviour is consistent across all His avatars and can be seen in all these episodes.

This is why Rama stands out among all the avatars.

Jai Sriram.

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The Srimad Bhagavatham- birth of Lord Krishna

Veda Vyasa did not get a sense of elation with the Puranas, and hence wrote Srimad Bhagavatham. It’s essentially a bhakti granthA to ensure audiences are hooked to the leela of bhagawan.

Birth of Krishna is described so 1

beautifully with the following sloka

Tam aDButam bAlakaM amBujEkSanaM catur bujaM Sanka GadAryuDayuDam
Srivatsa lakSmam GalasOBi kaustuBam pitAmBaram sAnDra bayOda sauBakam
MahA vaiDUrya kirIta kundala dwiSa pariSvakta sahasra kundalam
UDAmA kAnchyank Gada kanganADhibi: 2

virOcamAnam vaudEva aikSada:

தம் அத்புதம் பாலகம் அம்புசேகக்ஷனம் சதுர்புஜம் ஷங்க கதார்யதாயும்
ஶ்ரீவத்ஸ லக்‌ஷ்மம் கலசோபி கௌஸ்துபம் பீதாம்பரம் சார்ந்த பயோத சௌபகம்
மஹார்ஹ வைடூர்ய கிரீடகுண்டலம் த்விஷா பரிஷ்வக்த ஸஹஸ்ர குந்தளம்
உத்தாம காஞ்சயங்கத கங்கநாதிபி: விரோசமானம் வஸுதேவ ஐக்‌ஷத3

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அத்புதம் aDButam is a word described to express a surprise due to variety of things

1.The child is born with four shoulders unlike a regular baby so aDButam

2. AmbujA means Lakshmi. The child looks at Lakshmi and prompts her to be born as Rukmini so aDButam 4

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3. AmbujA also means bUdEvi, so the child is prompting her to be born as SathyabAmA so it’s aDButam

4. AmbujEkSanam - has piercing eyes for a child that is just born so aDButam

5. The child has brought all the play things with it knowing it may not get any- chakram 5
Why is it important to listen Krishna Bala leelA

Mind has an incessant tendency to keep wandering and thoughts are the waves that never stops.

The proclivity of the mind is like a parasite that it latches on to something. The attraction could be caused by 1

different emotions such as taste, fear, anger, arts etc. entertainment such as watching telly or movie or theatre is exactly for that.

So, all practices prescribed in the religious texts is essentially to curb or control it.

SarvE manO niGraha lakSanAntaH 2

bikSu gItam, Srimad Bhagavatham

Therefore, it is essential to identify an object which is worthy enough to ensure the thought waves are able to get attracted to.

There’s no other object in the universe that meets any of the parameters such as
- Beauty
- Worthiness
- Value 3

Pleasing
Heartwarming and so on

than Krishna. There’s no limit to the content experienced by mind towards Krishna. The only form of Bhagawan that evokes such a desire is Bala Krishna and not any other rupA (for example Narasimha).

Narayana Bhattatri explains the form of 4

Guruvayurappan through the sloka.

யத் த்ரைலோக்ய மஹீயஸோபி மஹிதம்
ஸம்மோஹனம் மோஹனாத்
காந்தம் காந்தி நிதானதோபி மதுரம்
மாதுர்ய துர்யாதபி சௌந்தர்யதோபி சுந்தரதரம்
த்வத் ருபம் ஆஷ்சர்யதோபி ஆஷ்சர்யம் புவனே ந கஸ்யகுதுகம் புஷ்னாதி
விஷ்ணோபி ந பிபோ - நாரயணீயம் 5

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