Substantiation of Vishnu and Sreeman
In the first line “SreemAn pUrvam (ViShNuhu) prajAtO”, the word “ViShNuhu”
means Narayana, who is omnipresent, eternal and embodiment of all attributes.
Being Omnipresent, Sri Narayana was there before Dasharatha performed the
Ashwamedha, before the gruel was given to him by the divine person, before
Kausalya consumed it and before Vishnu and very much before Narayana took the
incarnation as Rama through Kausalya. He was not born out of the gruel. By
taking birth as Rama, Sri Narayana had nothing to gain personally. He took this
incarnation for the welfare of all people because he is so gracious and
compassionate. The beneficiaries of this incarnation are none else than the
virtuous or Sajjanas, the deities, gods and goddesses. Demons were not the
beneficiaries. The benefits that the deities secured included the relief they
got from the atrocities meted out by demons and it was at the behest of deities
that Lord Narayana agreed to take the incarnation as Rama. Prior to the
incarnation of Rama, the deities were getting tortured by Ravana and other
demons. The troubles created by demons for deities and Sajjanas were of
different ways, degree and intensity. It was only right and just for deities to
go to the abode of Sri Hari, who has no personal benefit from anything, and
request him to restore their happiness and peace. Although Lord Hari is in all
places, he is always available on the surface of the cosmic Ocean of Milk for
salvation-deserving (Muktas) and Aparokshajnanis, who can conceive everything
of the past, present and future. They
went there, appealed to Him, praised Him and explained their plight. Lord Vishnu was impressed by their prayer,
assured them that he would take the incarnation and directed them as to where
and in which community or form they should take birth. All these factors are
intrinsic and hidden in the word Vishnu.
By using “Sreeman”, the first word in the first line, it is indicated
that Lord Vishnu took birth on Earth as Rama along with Lakshmi Devi, who is
always living in the emblem “Srivatsa”. This emblem is present in Sri Narayana
and also in Sri Rama and therefore there is no difference between Lord Vishnu
and Sri Rama. There is no difference between the body of Lord Vishnu and that
of Lord Sri Rama. This means that this body was there much before the
appearance of Dasharatha and therefore the body of Sri Rama is not the corporal
body that emulated from the semen of Dasharatha. Sri Rama is not the son of
Dasharatha and similarly, Dasharatha not the biological father of Rama. Lord
Vishnu wanted to bestow his grace on Dasharatha and therefore pretended as
though he was the son of Dasharatha. Even in the case of Seetha Devi, an incarnation
of Lakshmi Devi, she was not the biological daughter of Janaka and she was not
wearing a corporal body as others. She emerged out of ground.
It appears outwardly that Sri Rama was born after staying in the womb
of Kausalya for about ten months. On the contrary, there can be least doubt
about the emergence of Seetha Devi. This dichotomy may give room for suspicion.
This situation is created to ‘ill-minded’ and insane persons to make them
misunderstand the concept of birth or incarnation. The Sajjanas automatically
perceive what is right and what is not. (In the next episode, let us explore
PrajAtaha and DasharaThanrupatEhe.)
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