SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY'S SRI RAMACHARITRYA MANJARI

SHLOKA 2

Aayan RAmaha saBhAryO(s)Dhwani nijasahajairBhArgavEShwAsarOpAttadgam hatvA surArim puraga utanutastApasairBhUpapruShTyaihi|

KalyANAnantaDharmO(s)guNalavarahitaha prANinAmantarAtmEtyAdyuktashchABhiShEkE purajasahitO mahyatAm mE vachOBhihi||2||

ಆಯನ್ ರಾಮಃ ಸಭಾರ್ಯೋ(s)ಧ್ವನಿ ನಿಜಸಹಜೈರ್ಭಾರ್ಗವೇಷ್ವಾಸರೋಪಾತ್ತದ್ಗಂ ಹತ್ವಾ ಸುರಾರಿಂ ಪುರಗ ಉತ ನುತಸ್ತಾಪಸೈರ್ಭೂಪಪೃಷ್ಟೈಃ|

ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಾನಂತಧರ್ಮೋ(s)ಗುಣಲವರಹಿತಃ ಪ್ರಾಣಿನಾಮಂತರಾತ್ಮೇತ್ಯೇದ್ಯುಕ್ತಶ್ಚಾಭಿಷೇಕೇ ಪುರಜನಮಹಿತೋ ಮಹ್ಯತಾಂ ಮೇ ವಚೋಭಿಃ||2||

SUMMARY: May Lord Sri Rama, who, while returning to Ayodhya City along with his consort Seetha Devi and his younger brothers, angrily took the bow that Sri Parashurama, who was born in the dynasty of Bhrugu Rishi, joined its two ends and killed the foe of gods and demon called Tapomaya living in the stomach of Sri Parashurama, reached Ayodhya City, was asked by King Dasharatha to ascend the throne as successor, was praised and honoured by Vasishtha and other sages, possesses infinite good virtues, does not have any defect or fallacious qualities, motivates all beings by living in them, is most revered and worshipped by the people of Ayodhya, be impressed and get worshipped by the words I have submitted in this RmachAritryamanjari.   

IMAGERIES IN THIS STANZA:

Aayan – Aa yEti iti Aayan; SaBhAryaha – BhAryayA saha vartatE iti saBhAryaha; Nijasahajaihi – sahajAyatE iti sahajAha nijAshcha tE sahajAshcha nijasahajAha, taihi nijasahajaihi; BhArgavEShTAsarOpAt – BhrugOho gOtrApatyam pumAn BhArgavaha iShavaha AsyantE anEna iti iShTAsa, BhArgavasya iShTAsaha BhArgavEShtAsaha, BhArgavEShtAsasya rOpaha BhArgavEShtAsarOpaha, BhArgavEShtAsarOpam krutwA BhArgavEShtAsarOpAt; tadgam – tam gachChati iti tadgaha, tam gatam; surArim – surANAm arihi surArihi tam surArim; puragaha – puram gachChati iti puragaha; BhUpapruShtaihi – Bhuvam pAti iti BhUpaha, BhUpEna vruShtAha BhUpapruShtAha, taihi BhUpapruShtaihi; KalyANAnantaDharmaha – na vidyatE antaha yEShAm tE anantAha, anantAshcha tE DharmAshcha anantaDharmAha, kalyANAha anantaDharmAha yasya saha kalyANAnantaDharmaha; aguNalavarahitaha – na guNAha aguNAha, aguNAnAm lavaha aguNalavaha, aguNalavEna rahitaha agunalavarahitaha; prANinAm – prANaha yEShAm asti iti prANinaha, tEShAm prANinAm; antarAtmA – antargatashchAsau AtmA cha antarAtmA; ityAdyuktaha – iti Adihi yEShAm tAni ityAdeeni, ityAdiBhihi uktaha ityAdyuktaha; purajanasahitaha – purE janAha purajanAha purajanaihi sahitaha purajanasahitaha.

The imageries help us understand each word better, know their significance and also appreciate the relevance of using such words, which appear to be very simple from a cursory look.

After the marriage of Sri Rama with Seetha, King Dasharatha sets off to Ayodhya, along with his entire family, cabinet, army, friends, sages and relatives. The people of Videha state were talking among themselves as follows: “Both Sri Rama and Seetha Devi do not have a human body in the sense that their body does not pass through the stages of boyhood, adulthood and old age. Seetha Devi has more number of attributes than Brahma and other gods and deities. Sri Rama and Seetha Devi are the father and mother of this entire Universe and they come to earth after being requested by gods and deities. Sri Shukacharya and others, who are the servants of Sri Rama and Seetha Devi, keep on looking at the feet of Sri Rama and Seetha Devi with the sole intention of offering worship to those lotus feet. Being connoisseurs of beauty and charm, everyone wants to incessantly look at their faces, without winking the eyes even once. The truth is that even Sage Shukacharya and other great Rishis are unable to see any organ of their (Sri Rama and Seetha Devi) body. We are indeed very fortunate that we have seen them here.”

After everyone happy in Videha state, Sri Rama began his journey towards Ayodhya, along with a huge group of distinguished people.

(From the next episode, the intrinsic meaning of this stanza as explained by Sri Lakshminarayana Upadhyaya will be narrated. SDN)