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Srimad Ramayana Tatthva Deepika - Ba:la Ka:nda (5)

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Ramanujamma Mudumbai • Tue Mar 19 2002 - 16:23:53 PST 


Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha!
Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!


When Vedavyasa was drowned in sorrow , Na:rada
removed his sorrow by instructing him Bhagavatha
which was given to Na:rada by his father Brahma
in four slokas. Vedavyasa got peace of mind and
happiness  after  finishing Srimad Bhagavatham.
We see Na:rada  many  a time in our puranas. He
brings in a conflict  between jnana(knowledge)
and ajnana (ignorance); dharma and adharma and
sees that jnana and dharma come out victorious.
He is a ‘Na:rayana Para:yana’. He realized that
Lord Na:ra:yana is  all pervading and everything
is depending on Him. He keeps chanting Narayana
nama. Such Na:rada came to Va:lmi:ki who prayed
to Na:rada to clear his doubt.

A disciple should have one basic qualification
and the acharya should have three qualities.
An acharya should be:

(a) a Thapasswadhyaniratha
(b) a vagvidamvara and
(c) a munipungava.

The sishya should be a ‘thapasvi’ He should
have a craving to know what he could not know.
He should be submissive. ShouldnÂ’t have the
ego that he knew everything already. Va:lmi:ki
and Na:rada are great examples for a disciple
and an acharya respectively. A ‘jnani’ should
possess three qualities– the Upanishad says.

“Pa:ndithyam nirvidya ba:lyena thishtta:se:th,
adhamunihi”

Pa:ndithyam, ba:lyam and mounam are the three
qualities of a jnani. A realized ‘jnani’ would
not show off his greatness but always be immersed
in experiencing the Lord. One who would desist
from uttering anything other than the ‘bhagavad
vishaya' is said to be observing ‘maunam’(quiet).
Such a person is called a sage (muni ), a
thinker. He can only be an able preacher..

We notice the word ‘paripraprachcha’ in the sloka.
It means 'questioned'. He could have used ‘prapracha’.
But when we question seeking divine knowledge we
have to use the word ‘paripraprachcha’. Gita says a
disciple who goes to acharya should do ‘paripraprachcha’.
As Va:lmi:ki did ‘paripraprachcha’ here, we understand
that his enquiry was not about an ordinary man but
about the Divinity that is in form of a man.
Na:rada gave the whole story of SriRamayana in
a hundred slokas briefly.



To be continued...

Jai Srimannarayana!


Ramanujamma Mudumbai
Ramanuja Dasi





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