ESSENCE OF RAMAYANA

SUBHASHITHANI: 151

 ( Who is Rama? )
Rama means spiritual reality

चिन्मयस्याद्वितीयस्य निष्कलस्याशरीरिणः ।

उपासकानां कार्यार्थं ब्रह्मणो रूपकल्पना ॥ ७॥

 The Brahman, all spiritual, secondless, without parts, without body, is still looked upon as multiform, to serve the purpose of worship.—Rama tapaniya Upanishad 7,
( Who is Sita? )

सा देवी त्रिविधा भवति शक्त्यासनाइच्छाशक्तिः क्रियाशक्तिः साक्षाच्छक्तिरिति II
That divine Being is threefold, through her power, namely, the power of desire, the power of action, the power of knowledge.—Sita Upanishad verse 11 

यान्ति न्यायप्रवृत्तस्य तिर्यञ्चोऽपि सहायतां ।

अपन्थानं तु गच्छन्तं सोदरोऽपि विमुञ्चति ॥

yaanti nyaayapravrttasya tiryanco'pi sahaayataam |

apanthaanam tu gacchantam sodaro'pi vimuncati ||

To him who proceeds along the righteous path even the animals give a helping hand.

 Even a brother deserts a person who takes to an unworthy path.

दर्पो दग्र दसेन्द्रियानन मनो नक्तं चरा धिष्टिते 

देहे स्मिन् भव सिन्धुना परि गते दीनां दशां आस्थितः I

अध्यत्वे हनुमत् समेन गुरुणा प्रख्यापितार्थः पुमान्

लङ्का रुद्ध विदेह राज तनया न्यायेन लालप्यते II Sankalpa Suryodaya

Darpodagra dasendriyaanana mano naktam chara dhishtate

Dehesmin bhave sindhunaa pari gate deenaam dasaaam aasthitah I

Adhyatve hanumat samena gurunaa prakhyaataarthah pumaan

Lankaa ruddha videha raja tanayaa nyaayena laalapyate II

Surrounded by the ocean of samsara, this  body is Lanka and the ten sense organs depicting the ten heads of Ravana ,overwhelmed by arrogance and unwisdom pulls in different directions. The mind subservient to these ten senses ,gets dragged away in to the darkness of samsara. Sita , the jivatma, is kept in captivity , by Ravana ( the mind with ten senses ) overpowered by lust and arrogance. But, the jivatma is re-united  happily with the paramatma ( Rama )  by the messages of the guru ( Hanuman ). When Rama takes over the body , he kills the Ravana inside.  

दशेन्द्रियाननं घोरं यो मनो रजनीचरं I

विवेक शर जालेन शमं नायाति योगिनां II

Dasendriyaananam goram yo mano rajaneecharam I
Viveka shara jaalena shamam naayaati yoginaam II

The ten headed Ravana represents the ten Indriyas , which if uncontrolled can cause havoc , and lead the individual to a cycle of birth and death ( Ocean of Samsara- Lanka  ).

Through the multitude of arrows called ‘viveka’ ( The Rama bhana )the individual should control the sense organs and win over the mind.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH