(RAmanAma and VishwAmitrENa have been substantiated in this episode.
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Importance of “RAmanAma”: Although only ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu
appear to have become very popular, there are several known and unknown
incarnations of Lord Vishnu. In fact, Sri Madhwacharyaru in his Bhagavata
Tatparya Nirnaya and Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya has clearly stated that
unless Lord Vishnu empowers a being to do something extraordinary, outstanding
and unparalleled act, none can do anything worthwhile. That is precisely what
is meant by “TEna vinA TriNamapi na vichalati”, which means, “Without his
grace, not a grass can ever shake”. It is also a known fact that the forms of
Lord Vishnu are infinite, inexplicable and inexorable. It is his decision to
promote, propagate and popularise a particular form and the name attached to
that form. Rama is one such name which Lord Vishnu wanted to teach the humanity
the real human passions, the life pattern, the duties, responsibilities,
inter-family bonding and so on. In this Ramavatar, we come across several
occasions when Sri Rama simply behaves like an ordinary person. For instance,
when Seetha Devi was abducted, Rama pretends to be very unhappy. In reality,
Vishnu and Lakshmi are inseparable. These pretentious acts and exaggerated
exhibition of emotions are only to mislead the atheists and the Tamasis. Every
single Scripture, every single syllable in those Scriptures has or signify
three levels of meaning, at least. Tamasis or those obsessed with worldly
pleasures conceive only Tamasic or misleading meaning; those having Rajas
attribute perceive the texts to that extent alone. Satviks will never
misunderstand any form, name or action of the Lord. Depending on the Karmic
inheritance, the perceptions vary from moment to moment, place to place and so
on.
The words “VishwAmitrENa neetaha” means Sri Rama was taken away by
Vishwamitra. A question arises here as to why Sri Rama followed Vishwamitra,
leaving his ardent devotees Dasharatha and Kausalya behind. Sri Lakshminarayana
Panditacharyaru explains this conception:
“Neetaha” originates from “Nee”. The “Neeng prApaNE” that explains the
meaning of this “Neetaaha” as “taking away”. Accordingly, the initial or overt
explanation springs as “Vishwamitra took away Sri Rama”. Yet, “Neetaha” can
also be divided as “Ni” plus “itaha”, where “itaha” originates from “I” Dhatu,
which is explained under the related original sound “iN gatau”, which means “Gamana”
or movement or journey. When “ni”, an upasarga is prefixed to “iN gatau”, it
means “a very sacred journey” or “a journey in honour of devotion and
dedication”. In this context, “Neetaha, VishwAmitrENa” means “Sri Rama was
taken by Sri Vishwamitra with love, affection, devotion and dedication”.
The intention of Vishwamitra was to somehow “surrender” to Sri Rama, an
incarnation of Lord Vishnu, convince him and take him to his “Vishwamitra’s”
hermitage so that the Ashram becomes holy; further, worship Sri Rama and seek
his blessings to get rid of Tataka and other ‘wicked people’, who were a thorn
in the flesh of society. Vishwamitra wanted to relieve the universe from the
torture that some demons had meted out to Sajjans. Sri Rama, who is Lord Vishnu
Himself, knew that Vishwamitra had done a very long and committed penance for
thousands of years and therefore Sri Rama wanted to honour the sage by
accompanying him to the Ashram and by receiving the Shastras and Astras he
wanted to actually get rid of because he did not want them as a sage. Moreover,
he wanted to reach them to the ultimate preceptor to whom every sacrifice,
every salute, every hymn is addressed. He is the only recipient and
manifestation of everything he receives or acknowledges. He has no pleasure to
get or displeasure to sustain by receiving anything from anyone. For that Sri
Rama, who could convert a grass into Brahmastra to ‘teach a lesson to Kakasura’,
no Astra or Shastra was needed to kill Ravana. Therefore, Vishwamitra
surrendered the most precious ‘weapons’ he was possessing to the Lord of his
very existence, Lord Vishnu.
The
question of why Lakshmana, neither Bharata nor Shatrughna, alone was taken by
Rama and Vishwamitra to be explained in the next episode. SDN 
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