SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY’S SRI RAMACHARITRYA MANJARI (ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಘವೆಂದ್ರ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿರಚಿತ “ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯ ಮಂಜರಿ”)

SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY’S

SRI RAMACHARITRYA MANJARI

(ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಘವೆಂದ್ರ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿರಚಿತ “ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯ ಮಂಜರಿ”)  

ನೀತ್ವಾ ಮಾಸಾನ್ ಕಪೀಶಾನಿಹ ದಶ ಹರಿತಃ ಪ್ರೇಷ್ಯ ಸೀತಾಂ ವಿಚಿತ್ಯಾ(s)

ಯಾತ ಶ್ರೀಮದ್ಧನೂಮದ್ಗಿರಮಥ ಸಮನುಶ್ರುತ್ಯ ಗಚ್ಚನ್ ಕಪೀಂದ್ರೈಃ

ಸುಗ್ರೀವಾದ್ಯೈರ್ದಶಮುಖಸಹಜಂ ಮಾನಯನ್ನಬ್ಧಿವಾಚಾ

ದೈತ್ಯಘ್ನಃ ಸೇತುಕಾರೀ ರಿಪುಪುರರುದವೇದ್ವಾನರೈರ್ವೈರಿಘಾತೀ||7||

NeetvA mAsAn kapeshAniha dasha haritaha prEShy seetAm vichityA-

yAta shree madDhanUmadgiramaTha samanushrutya gachchan kapeendraihi|

SugreevAdyairdashamuKhasahanam mAnayannabDhivAchA

DaityaGhnaha sEtukAree ripupurarudavEdvAnarairvairiGhAtee||7||

SUMMARY: Srirama spent four months in a cave in MalyavAn hill; he summoned distinguished Monkey heads and sent them off in ten directions to search for Seetha; later, Sri Hanumantha found Seetha Devi and informed Srirama about the place where she was found and her status; Srirama listened whatever Sri Hanuman said and along with Sugreeva and his large army, travelled towards the South; on the way he was approached by Vibheeshana, one of the brothers of ten-headed Ravana (Dashanana); Srirama honored Vibheeshana; as requested by King of Seas, Srirama constructed a bridge across the ocean and laid seize on Lanka City and killed all the demons, along with Ravana. He was well assisted by all the monkeys or Vanaras; may that Lord Rama protect me.”

Sri Raghavendra Swamy has narrated the entire Sundarakanda of Ramayana in this stanza. Sundarakanda is the holiest and enthralling canto among the seven cantos, besides Uttarakanda.

Srirama, as said earlier, lived in a cave in Malyavan hill for four months. Later, through Lakshmana, he summoned Sugreeva and instructed him to send separate platoons of monkeys to ten directions and get Seetha Devi searched. After all the platoons departed, except the one led by Angada in which Hanumantha was a part, Srirama handed over a ring to Hanumantha and told him to give it to Seethadevi. The platoon under the charge of Angada, which included Sri Hanumantha, reached Mount Mahendra on shores of southern sea. Hanumantha left all the monkeys on the sea shores and flew across the sea, reached Lanka, saw Vedavathi, who was looking like Seetha Devi; Vedavathi was sitting under an Ashoka Tree in the royal garden, met her and handed over the ring that Srirama had given. He collected the Chudamani given by Vedavati, saluted her, demolished the garden, killed Akshayakumara and other demons, set Lanka ablaze with the fire in his tail and returned to the sea shore where Angada and other Varanas were waiting for him. Srirama respectfully received Vibheeshana, brother of Ravana, who had been driven out by Ravana for showing allegiance to Rama. As requested by Varuna, God of Waters, Srirama killed some demons, who had taken birth in the hunters’ community, got a bridge constructed by Monkeys, crossed the ocean on the bridge and attacked Lanka. This is the gist of the stanza. Intricate aspects of the stanza will be narrated in the next episodes.       

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