SRI RAMACHARITRA MANJARI

SRI RAMACHARITRA MANJARI

(Vishwamitra presents two powerful Mantras called Bala and Atibala to Sri Rama. The trio enter Tataka Vana. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

Once Dasharatha conceded, Vishwamitra took Sri Rama and Lakshma with him and began the journey towards his Ashram. After covering a distance of about one-and-a-half Yojanas, Vishwamitra told Sri Rama: “I know two Mantras called Bala and Atibala dedicated to the deities assigned with the power to bestow education and knowledge. These Mantras are named after the two sons of Lord Brahma with the same name. Whoever recites these Mantras will not be troubled by thirst or hunger. Besides, all the desires will be fulfilled. Please accept and acknowledge these Mantras.”

Sri Rama, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, is omniscient and he was himself aware of those Mantras. Moreover, Sri Rama did not require the power of these Mantras to be free from thirst and hunger. Still, he agreed to receive them from Vishwamitra with the sole intention of making the sage present those Mantras to a person of the calibre of himself so that Vishwamitra would benefit from that act immensely. Another intention of Sri Rama was that he wanted to show to the world that any Mantra or knowledge should be first presented by an eligible Guru to an eligible pupil or disciple and it is pertinent on the part of the learner that he received any knowledge through a perfect teacher or Guru. Only then, the Mantra will be effective and its power can be imbibed. They happily spent that night on the banks of Sarayu River. Next morning they arrived at a place called Ananta Vallabha, which was situated near the union of Sarayu and Ganga. It was at this spot that Manmatha, God of Love, had been burn to ashes with the fire in the eyes of Lord Rudra. The place has been named after him since Lord Rudra likes it most. All the sages there worshipped Srirama. After getting down the ship, Sri Rama entered Tataka Vana.   

SRI MADHWAVIJAYA – TRUTEEYAHA SARGAHA SHOLKAS 34, 35 AND 36

(Madhyageha performs the thread ceremony of Vasudeva and is elated after observing his son strictly following the principles of celibacy. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

VihitasADhanasADhitasatkriyO jwalanamujjwalDheerjwalayannayam|
UpaninAya sutam sukumArakam kushalinam kushaleekrutasheerShakam||34||

SUMMARY: That Madhyageha with a pure mind began peforming that holy ceremony by arranging all the requisite material; he lit the holy fire, performed the Homa and completed the thread ceremony of his son Vasudeva, who had a pleasant form and was shining with a tuft on the head.

ParicharAgnigurU charitavrataha sucharaNaha paTha sADhu sadAgamAn|
Iti gurOstrijagadgurushikShaNE sPhuTamahAsi suraihi krutasAkShiBhihi||35||

SUMMARY: The Sun, Moon and other celestial bodies, who are witnesses of the universe, mocked when Madhyageha, the father, told the Master of entire universe Vasudeva: “Serve well the Fire God and your Guru; perform as many Vrats as possible and study well Vedas and other Shastras by remaining charectarful and righteous”.

What this stanza clearly indicates is that Madhyageha had still not realised that his son Vasudeva was an incarnation of Lord Vayu. It also indicates that the celestial beings, gods and goddesses were continuously watching Vasudeva and were waiting for that occasion when he starts exhibiting his eloquence and preaching the correct version of all epics.

JitakumAraguNam sukumArakam nijakumAramavEkShya nirantaram|
SamuchitAcharaNE chaturam swataha kShitisurO mudamAyata shikShayan||36||

SUMMARY: After advising his son Vasudeva, who was a virtuous and spirituous son and was following the norms of celibacy, Madhyageha was delighted to see that his son had overtaken or outweighed Lord Subrahmanya in following the tenets of Brahmacharya.

Kumara mentioned in this stanza refers to Lord Shanumukha or Murugan, who is considered a model for following the principles of bachelorhood.

SRI RAMACHARITRA MANJARI

SRI RAMACHARITRA MANJARI

(Vishwamitra now arrives at the palace of Dasharatha. After initial opposition, Dasharatha agrees to send Rama and Lakshmana with Vishwamitra to kill Mareecha, Subahu and Tataka and thereby assist Vishwamitra in completing the sacrifice. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

After attaining the status of Brahmarishi by dint of penance spanning thousands of years, Sage Vishwamitra was doing penance in Siddhashrama, where Sri Hari was residing in the form of Vamana. The sacrifices he used perform at Siddhashrama was being spoiled by Mareecha and Subahu, who were the loyalists of Ravana and empowered with boons granted by Lord Rudra. Vishwamitra decided to bring Sri Rama and Lakshmana to Siddhashrama and get Mareecha and Subahu killed by the two princes. With that intention, sage Vishwamitra arrived at the palace of Dasharatha in Ayodhya. King Dasharatha exchanged pleasantries with the sage, honoured and worshipped him. He promised to Vishwamitra that he would do anything that the sage might order him to do. Vishwamitra revealed the purpose of his visit.

Dasharatha was flabbergasted by what Vishwamitra divulged. He told the sage: “Sri Rama is too young; he is unaware of war strategy; he has grown up with all comforts and luxury; all gods and goddesses, including Lord Indra, run away with fear if anyone spells the name of Ravana. Mareecha and Subahu are subordinates of that horrible Ravana. Therefore, it is unimaginable that Sri Rama can face such fierce demons. I will myself come with you as I have fought and won many battles. Even if I cannot defeat those demons of mystic prowess, I will try to confront them with this body of mine, which has been presented to me to safeguard cows and Brahmins, till my last breath. Please do not take my son.” Dasharatha pleaded with Vishwamitra in several ways. Vishwamitra was enraged by what Dasharatha said.

Vasishtha, who was watching everything that transpired between Dasharatha and Vishwamitra, told Dasharatha: “Maharaj, he is a Brahmin with a comprehensive knowledge of all philosophies and divine principles. He is a devotee of Vishnu. He has come to you for help. Moreover, you have promised to do whatever he asks. You are now refusing to follow his instruction. This is not fair. Please send Rama with the sage. If at all he becomes angry, Rama is capable of burning the entire universe into ashes. Rama will certainly kill those demons. Vishwamitra is also very powerful. He knows the hundred super Astras that were born to Krushashwa from a Daksha woman called Suprabha, besides several other Astras. If you have no faith in the strength and war skills of Sri Rama, please note that Vishwamitra will be there to protect him. Send Rama with him. Beware that Rama should go with Vishwamitra, kill the demons and protect the sacrifice.”

Dasharatha was convinced by the explanation of Vasishtha and happily agreed to send Rama and Lakshmana with Vishwamitra.     

SRI MADHWAVIJAYA - TRUTEEYAHA SARGAHA SHLOKAS 31, 32 AND 33

(Thread ceremony of Vasudeva has been mentioned in this episode. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

BahuviDhaisharitairiti chAruBhihi sakalalOkakutUhalakAriNam|

DwijavarENa vayasyuchitE sThitam tamupanEtumanEna daDhE manaha||31||

SUMMARY: While Vasudeva went on surprising and enthralling people around him with several such exemplary deeds, super Brahmin Madhyageha decided to perform the thread ceremony to him.

The word “BahuviDhaihi”, which means “several different acts” includes the creation of Vasudeva Teertha, making a dry beating club to sprout buds, jumping in one leap from the Durga hillock and leaving a imprint of his feet on the rock etc., say scholars.  

SamuchitagrahayOgaguNAnwitam samavaDhArya muhUrtamadUShaNam|

PraNayabanDhurabAnDhavavAnasau dwijakulAkulamuttaramAtanOt||32||

SUMMARY: Madhyageha chose a suitable auspicious and specific hour of all good planets adoring their best position and performed the thread ceremony for Vasudeva amidst a large assemblage of his friends, relatives and Brahmins.

As per scriptures, it is very essential to fix an auspicious hour with certain specific planets in their exalted position. Ceremonies such as Thread Ceremony should be performed in he presence of as many Brahmins as possible.

It is mentioned in Anu Madhwacharita (Vayu Purana) as follows: PrAptE tu panchamE varShE brAhmaNam krutavAn pitA| This means that at the time of thread ceremony, the age of Vasudeva was five years.

It must be noted that for Vasudeva, who is an incarnation of Lord Vayu, there are no restrictions like auspicious hour, Guru Bala etc., By stating that Madhyageha fixed the time properly, a message is given to other people about the way important ceremonies like thread ceremony are required to be performed.

  

ViviDhavEdatayA vijiheerShavO vadanarangapadE(a)sya chirAya yAha|

SuravarapramadA api sapriyA aBhinandurahO viyatO maham||33||

SUMMARY: What a surprise! All the great female deities, who had been waiting to roam about on the tower-like face of Vasudeva in the form of different types of Vedas, had assembled there with their spouses to witness the thread ceremony of Vasudeva.

The poet has employed a figure of speech here to state that the deities in charge of different Vedas were eagerly waiting for Vasudeva to become eligible to pronounce the Vedas as they were aware that Vasudeva would provide proper explanation and interpretation of Vedas to mankind. It is indicated through this statement that without thread ceremony, men cannot pronounce or recite Vedic hymns.   

SRI RAMACHARITRA MANJARI

SRI RAMACHARITRA MANJARI

(In this episode, Vishwamitra continues his penance and finally secures the status of Brahmarishi. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

Vishwamitra again did penance for ten thousand years. At the end of one years of penance, Lord Brahma appeared and confirmed that Vishwamitra had become a Rishi. Dissatisfied with that status, Vishwamitra continued his penance for not attaining the Brahmin state. At that juncture, he was sensuously attracted by an Apsara called Menaka and spent 25 years with her. He then realised that he had been diverted by the deities to abstain from penance. He made up his mind not to fall prey to sensuous feelings. He sent away Menaka and did not penance for a thousand years. He was then conferred the state of being Maharishi by Lord Brahma.

However, Vishwamitra became very desperate for failing to attain Brahmin status and continued penance for another thousand years. During this period, he used to stay in neck-deep water in the winter and was getting soaked during rainy season. He used to set fire in four directions and stand at the centre to do penance during summer. He undertook such a fierce penance, this time around. Devendra wanted to disturb the penance again and sent another Apsara named Rambha to accomplish the task. She arrived at the hermitage of Vishwamitra and tried to divert his attention. Vishwamitra quickly perceived that she had been deployed by Devendra to disturb the penance. Vishwamitra instantaneously cursed her “You will stay as a rock for ten thousand years and will then be relieved of my curse from a Brahmin engaged in deep penance.” As Vishwamitra became furious and even cursed Rambha, he lost the power of penance he had secured till then. He repented for that mistake and decided not to get angry under any circumstances.

With a firm mind, Vishwamitra did penance in utter silence for one thousand years. He remained without food during this period. After completing the thousandth year, he was about to consume food, when Devendra appeared in the guise of a Brahmin and pretended to be very hungry. Vishwamitra gave away the entire food. He did not get angry nor say a word. There was no feeling in his mind. He just gave away the food to the Brahmin and continued his penance for another thousand years. During this period, Vishwamitra checked his breath as well. The spirit of deities started receding due to this severe penance of Vishwamitra. Lord Brahma, along with other deities, appeared in front of Vishwamitra and said “you have now become a Brahmarishi.” Although delighted by this pronouncement by deities, Vishwamitra insisted that the status of Brahmarishi be confirmed by Vasishtha. Accordingly, Sage Vasishtha reiterated that Vishwamitra had truly become a Brahmarishi.  

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SRI MADHWAVIJAYA - TRITEEYAHA SARGAHA SHLOKAS 28, 29 AND 30

(Eloquence of Madhyageha, discussion about the word “Likucha” have been provided in these three stanzas. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

KaThayatAm praThamE kaThayatyalam swajanakE janasanGhavrutE kaThAm|

SalalOkamanOnayanOtsavashchaturaDheehi sa kadAchidavAchayat|28||

SUMMARY: When his father, who was in the forefront of Puraniks, was delivering a discourse to an assemblage, ever sharp Vasudeva, who was a pleasure to the mind and sight of people, entreated his father to explain further.

Vasudeva had noticed that his father had failed to substantiate a stanza and made him explain it later.

ViviDhashAKhipadArThanivEdanE likuchanAmnitadA(a)nuditArThakE|

Kimiti tAta tadarThamavarNayan kaThayaseeti shanairayamabraveet||29||

SUMMARY: In the context under reference, Madhyageha was supposed to tell the names of various trees. Taking cognisance of the fact that his father had skipped a stanza, Vasudeva whispered in a low voice to his father, “why are you proceeding with explanation without telling the meaning of one stanza.

Scholars are of the view that the context might be related to an incident in the Canto 28,  Sabhaparva of Mahabharata where Dwaraka is explained. The names of trees might be: AmrAha panasavrukshAshcha ankOlAstilatindukAha| LikuchAmrAtakAshchaishcha kSheerikA kanTakee taThA||

Another important fact is that Sri Trivikrama Pandit, who composed Sri Vayustuti, and his son Narayana Pandit, who is the author of this “Madhwavijaya” belonged to a family named asLikucha.   

Avadateeti pitaryapi chOditE pratibuBhutsuShu tatra janEShwapi|

Ayamudeerya tadarThamavAptavAn pariShadO hyasamAnasumAnanAm||30||

SUMMARY: When his father did not explain the stanza that Vasudeva had drawn his attention to, the audience insisted on an explanation. Vasudeva surprised everyone there with his explanation and therefore he got felicitated.  

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(In this edition, the efforts that Vishwamitra continued to put in to attain the status of Brahma Rishi have been explained. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

In the meantime, Trishanku, a king and descendent of the dynasty of Ikshwaku, had a desire to physically enter the heavens. He appealed to sage Vasishtha to perform a sacrifice to get his desire realised. Sage Vasishtha told Trishanku that it was impossible to get into the heavens in the mortal form and that there was no sacrifice that could transform his dream into reality. He went to the children of Sage Vasishtha and raised the same issue with them. When they too rejected his plea, Trishanku said that he would get such a sacrifice performed from different Rishis. Enraged by this statement, the children of Vasishtha cursed Trishanku to become insane and transform into a Chandala. Wearing the same form of Chandala, Trishanku went to Vishwamitra and narrated the entire story. Vishwamitra performed the sacrifice and Trishanku reached the heavens. But, Lord Indra pushed Trishanku down. Infuriated by this act of Indra, sage Vishwamitra  stopped Trishanku, who was falling with his head down, midway, with the power of his penance. He began creating all the planets, other heavenly bodies. He created some stars in the sky. Frightened by what was happening around, the deities bestowed upon Trishanku the blessing that he could enjoy the same pleasure as the one available in the heavens. They also conceded that Trishanku be able to enjoy the new heavens with his head down and toe up. Because of this Trishanku incident, Vishwamitra had to lose a large portion of the power penance.

Vishwamitra again indulged in penance at Pushkarateerth. At this juncture, Indra stole away the sacrificial horse that the then Ayodhya King Ambareesha had begun. The priests categorically said that so long as the missing sacrificial was not brought, the sacrifice could not be completed. The priests also suggested a solution for the situation. If a human being could be offered as sacrifice, it could be completed, the priests said. Although the search was made in all directions, the sacrificial horse could not be found. As an alternative, one lakh cows were given to Rucheeka Maharishi in exchange for the second son of Rucheeka Maharishi, called Shunashshepa. While he was being taken for the sacrifice, Shunashshepa saw Vishwamitra at the Pushkara and he sought protection with Vishwamitra. Sage Vishwamitra summoned all children and ordered them to go and sacrifice their lives. The children directly refused to obey the orders of Vishwamitra. Enraged by his sons’ disobedience, Vishwamitra cursed them to become Chandalas. He then preached two Mantras and asked Shunashshepa to recite them. The deities were impressed with the recitation of Mantra by Shunashshepa and agreed to have the sacrifice completed without sacrificing any animal or human. This again reduced the power of penance for Vishwamitra. 

SRI MADHWAVIJAYA - TRUTEEYAHA SARGAHA SHLOKAS 25,26 AND 27

SRI MADHWAVIJAYA – TRUTEEYAHA SARGAHA SHLO

KAS 25, 26 AND 27

(Vasudeva delivers maiden spiritual discourse and displays his dexterity in translating Scriptures. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

ATha kaTham kaThayEti tadA janE gaditavatyuchitArThamudAharat|

Sa samalAlyata vismayiBhirnarairapi surairvijayAnkurapUjakaihi||25||

SUMMARY: Then, with the audience there requesting him “Dear child, can you please substantiate it for us?” Vasudeva explained the correct meaning of the text. The puzzled audience honoured the boy. Deities too worshipped him as it marked the sprouting of a great tree of glory.  

This incident is said to be the beginning of a task undertaken by Sri Madhwacharya of condemning the misconception and misleading versions of Scriptures by the proponents of different cults.

Sa jananeesahitO janakam gruhE pragatavAmstamudantamavEdayat|

Nigada tAta Shivaha kaThakaha sa kim vitaThageeraThavA(a)hamiteerayan||26||

Vasudeva, who returned home along with his mother, narrated the incident to his father and asked him “Oh father, please tell me whether it was I or that Shivabhatta who misinterpreted the holy text?”

Nanu sutAvitaTham kaThitaha twayEtyamumudeerya savismayamasmarat|

Prakrutitaha krutitA Khalu mE shshOrmadaDhinAThadayOdayajEtyasau||27||   

SUMMARY: Bewildered Madhyageha said “my child, you have not said anything wrong” and said within himself “this natural skill of my son is nothing but the grace of my deity Sri Ananteshwara”.  

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(In this edition, transformation of Vishwamitra from being Kshatriya into a Brahmin is explained. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

The substantiation about the distinction between the body of Lord Sri Rama and the bodies of Lakshmana, Bharata and and Shatrughna has been indicated in the word “PrajAtaha” in which the syllable “JA” means one who took the incarnation well. The letter “pra” in the original expression further points to “PrAdurBhUtaha”.

Readers may be wondering at the length of this explanation for the first stanza of Ramacharitrya Manjari. Unless all this explanation is given, the hidden meaning of the stanza will remain lost and therefore, late Sri P.P. Lakshminarayana Upadhyaya has provided this great insight into the story to make the work of Sri Raghavendra Swamy a very comprehensive one.

In this first stanza, Sri Raghavendra Rayaru has said: “NeetO VishwAmitrENa mantrAhruedanusanjAta…”, which can be written in direct or prose style as : “Atha VishwAmitrENa anujasahitaha neetaha”, which is further elaborated as: “TadA VishwAmitraha RAmAvatAram shrutwA DasharaThagruham prAptavAn| Atha RAmaha DasharaThEna anujnAtaha salakkshmaNaha VishwAmitrENa neeyamAnaha| This means: Then, having learnt about the incarnation of Vishnu as Sri Rama, sage Vishwamitra reached the palace of Dasharatha. Later, Sri Rama secured the direction from Dasharatha to accompany sage Vishwamitra, along with his younger brother Lakshmana.

This simple statement projects us to explore and know something more about sage Vishwamitra.

In the dynasty of Moon (Chandravamsha) was born a king named Gadhi. Due to the blessings and grace of his son-in-law Rucheeka, a Rishi, a son called Vishwamitra was born to Gadhi. Being a very strong king, Vishwamitra went on a glorious expedition and reached the Ashram of Vasishtha during the course of that expedition. Sage Vasishtha, with the assistance of Kamadhenu, a celestial cow, hosted a very good party to Vishwamitra and his huge army. Having come to know the extraordinary and mystic power of Kamadhenu, Vishwamitra forced sage Vasishtha to part with it. When Vasishtha refused, Vishwamitra stole Kamadhenu, which produced an army with its divine power and crushed the entire army of Vishwamitra. The army produced by Kamadhenu also destroyed the one hundred children of Vishwamitra. Vanquished Vishwamitra did a fierce penance to invoke Lord Rudra and secured Brahmastra and other lethal Astras from the Lord. Vishwamitra fired those Astras at Vasishtha, who transferred the power of his penance into a club and placed it in front of himself. The club destroyed all the Astras fired by Vishwamitra. Realising that the power of a Brahmin is greater, Vishwamitra did a penance for one thousand years in praise of Lord Brahma, seeking to be converted into a Brahmin. Lord Brahma, who appeared in front of Vishwamitra, just said “You have become a Rajarishi”. Realising that he had not yet attained Brahminhood, dissatisfied Vishwamitra again did  penance. (To be continued)   

SRI MADHWAVIJAYA - TRUTEEYAHA SARGAHA SHLOKAS 22, 23 AND 24

(In these stanzas, the spiritual discourse of a scholar named Shivabhatta has been explained. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

ParishadA nitarAm parivAritaha shivapadaha kila dhautapaTOdBhavaha|

Iha kaThAm kaThayan dadrushE tataha pruThudiyA pruThukAkrutinA(a)munA||22||

SUMMARY: Vasudeva, a fully learned boy by birth (Poornabodha) saw a Puranik named Shiva, who belonged to a dynasty called Dhautapata, giving a discourse, even as he was surrounded by a large assemblage of audience.

IdamuvAcha vichAvichakShaNaha shuchivachaha shanakaihi sa janAntarE|

AparaThA kaThitam kaThaka twayA nanu matAnmahatAmiti sasmitam||23||

SUMMARY: Being an exponent of sensible spiritual knowledge, Vasudeva said in a soft voice and a sweet smile from the midst of the audience, “Oh Puranik, whatever you have told isn’t as per the opinion of elderly people.”   

Scholars are of the opinion in this context that the subject of discourse being presented by Shivabhatta then was probably related to some difficult instances from epics like the killing of Vali, incident of Shambuka, desertion of Seeta by Sri Rama or acceptance of five husbands by Draupadi. The presentation of Shivabhatta was perhaps not in accordance with what Sri Vyasa or Shukamuni had already dealt with. The view expressed by Vasudeva also conveys the meaning that mere popular presentation of a discourse is not enough. It should be presented in a way to please Lord Janardhana. There is a message behind this act of Vasudeva that whenever a person utters something during the course of a discourse that is not in line with the established truth, the audience is duty bound to oppose and object.  

AgaNayanna shivam janatA tadA savachanE vasudEvasutAhwayE|

MuKharamichChati kO mrugaDhUrtakam prakrutahumkrutasihmashishau sati||24||

SUMMARY: As soon as Vasudeva said those words, the audience began ignoring the discourse. Who would pay attention to the barks of a fox when the cub of a lion unleashes a roar?

SRI MADHWAVIJAYA - TRUTEEYAHA SARGAHA SHLOKAS 19, 20 AND 21

(Father gets surprised by the grasping power of Vasudeva. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

Lipikulam nanu tAta gate dinE liKhitamEva punarliKhitam kutaha|

It nijapratiBhAguNaBhAvitam haripadasya vachastamanandayat||19||

SUMMARY: The words “Father, why have you written the same alphabets that you wrote yesterday” of Vasudeva earned the admiration of Madhyageha Bhattaru.

It can be understood here that Madhyageha was still unaware that his son Vasudeva was an incarnation of Lord Vayu.

Shishurasau pratiBhAmbuDhirityalam janamanOvachanagrahapeeDanA|

Na BhavatAditi tam vijanasThalE swatanayam samashikShayadEShakaha||20||

SUMMARY: Realising that “this child of mine is an ocean of talent and the devilish impact of the mind and tongue of evil minded people shall not fall on him,”  Madhyageha began teaching his son in a place of tranquillity and loneliness.

Madhyageha was perhaps aware that the words of jealous people could have a negative impact on the child’s growth.

MahavatA swajanEna sameeritaswajananeesahitEna kadAchana|

RuchiravAchanayA(a)rchitavAkChriyA pratiyayE praBhuNA Ghrutavallyapi||21||

SUMMARY: Vasudeva, an affluent person of sweet words with which the speech was getting honoured, went to Ghruvalli, along with his mother and as per the wishes of his near and dear.

It is said that it has been mentioned in Bhavaprakashike that Ghrutavalli was a different name of a village called Neyampalli.   

SRI RAMACHARITRA MANJARI

(In this episode, Sri Rama, along with his three brothers are born from Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi after the deities were born in different sects of monkeys as Vanaras. Please read, comment and Share. SDN)

According to the instruction of Lord Brahma, Devendra took birth on earth as Vali; Moon as his son Angada; Sun as Sugreeva; Fire God as Neela; Varuna as Sushena; Vishwakarma as Nala;  Ashwini goddesses as Mainda and Vividha; five deities of Prana, Apana, Vyana, Udana and Samana as Gaja, Gavaksha, Gavaya, Vrushabha and Gandhamadana respectively; Bruhaspatyacharya as Tara; Shachi Devi as Vali’s wife and Tara’s sister Tara Devi; Kubera as Katthana; Nirruti as Durmukha; the three prominent of the forty-nine Maruts were born as Shweta, Sampati and Kesari, Parjanya as Sharabha; Parjanya as Sharabha and two chiefs of the Ashtavasu were born as Panasa and Shatabali.  Similarly, all the deities were born in different sects and served Sri Hari.

Later, Sri Hari’s four forms namely Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha took birth as follows: Vasudeva was born to Kausalya on Chaitra Shukla Navami Tithi with Punarvasu star in the sky and at the auspicious afternoon Lagna called Karkataka; at that time, sun was in Mesha, Guru in Karkataka, Shani in Tula, Kuja in Makara, Shukra in Meena were all in exalted positions. Moon was occupying his own house of Karkataka and Budha was stationed in a friendly house of Vrushabha. At the time of his birth, the minds of righteous became clear and those of the evils turned gloomy. Brahma and other deities showered flowers.

He was named as Rama because He is the husband of Ramadevi; “Ra”  means the one who bestows Moksha and other ideals of a person to everyone; “Ma” is synonymous of large wealth and thirdly He is the one who casts a mystic, mesmeric and magnetic attraction among women and others towards himself.