sEshatwam & pArathanthiryam

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Dear Sowbhagyavati Vaidehi,

 

Lakshmana is said to have exhibited sEshatvam only

and not pAratantryam, specifically because he chose

to disobey the Lord's word - when asked to stay back

in Ayodhya. Furthermore, he used the phrase "aham

sarvam karishyAmi" - stating that "I will do every

thing". This is not considered the state of a para-

tantran. As adiyEn mentioned once before, our

acharyas state that this is the reason why Rama

chose to take Bharata as the example of brotherhood

rather than Lakshmana - in Aranya Khanda.

 

On the other hand, Bharata came over to simply pray

for Rama's return to Ayodhya. He also brought

Kaikaeyi along to prove that Rama did not have to

continue on staying in the forest. However, when

Rama declined, he accepted that and when asked that

he rule Ayodhya, he simply obeyed it, in spite of

the fact that it was against his nature to do so.

Hence, he is the example for pAratantryam.

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

 

 

--- vaidhehi_nc <nappinnai_nc wrote:

>

> I don't understand how you made the statement

> that

> bharata for pArantantryam. If I 'm wrong I want to be

> corrected by

> the devotees. It is bharata who displayed swagata

> swIkAram,trying to

> get hold of the Lord(effort on the individual part)and

> that's why

> Srirama didn't oblige bharata's wish. In the case of

> lakshmaNa,even

> while rendering service, he would not excercise his own

> volition but

> only seek the orders of Srirama and the Lord couldn't

> resist but

> only yield to devotion of such high order. Since it is

> only

> sEshatvam which sustains the individual soul and makes it

> thrive,

> lakshmaNa couldn't stay apart from the Lord and could

> thrive only by

> serving the Lord in all possible ways. Bharata and

> satrughna

> rendered only particular service while lakshmaNa

> everything to the

> Lord. In short, lakshmaNa displayed that he has no

> independent

> existence without that Srirama. Well, don't blame me if

> my english

> language didn't exactly convey what I wanted to say.

> Please correct

> me if I'm wrong.

>

> AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam

> dAsAnu dAsI

> NC Nappinnai

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Please find some notes from the vyAkhyAnams of

Periyavacchan Pillai and Nampillai on the

positions of Lakshmana & Bharatha.

 

 

>From Swami Periyavacchan Pillai's vyAkhyAnam for

Thiruppallandu:

 

"rAmakrushNAdhirUpENa vandhavathariththu 'pitur

vacana nirdEshAt bharadvAjasya shAsanAt' enRu,

pithruvachana paripAlanAthigaLai AsariththaruLiyum,

iLaiya perumALai iduviththu 'vaguththa

vishayaththil sEshavruththiyE ivvAthmAvukku

svarUpam' ennum idaththai prakAsippiththaruLiyum,

'rAjyancAhanca rAmasya' enRu koNdu indha

vruththikkadiyAna pArathanthryaththai sri

bharathAzhvAnaiyittu prakAsippiththaruLiyum,

ippArathanthrya kAshtaiyai 'gacchatA mAtulakulam

bharatEna -- nIta:' enRu koNdu sri

shathrugnAzhvAnaiyittu prakAsippiththaruLiyum ..."

 

 

That is, Sri Rama showed the common path of

dharma which was obeying another person's word,

such as those of his father, Bharadwaja, Sugreeva

and others.

 

Lakshmana exemplified the concept that growth in

service to the Lord is the true nature of the soul.

 

Sri Bharata exemplified the pAratantrya which is

the base for this growth. The arumpadhavurai for

the vyAkhyAnam states that the 'indha vruththi'

means being like an acit object.

 

Sri Shatrugna showed the height of this pAratantrya.

 

 

 

>From Nampillai's vyAkhyAnam for Kanninun

Siruththambu:

 

"'oruvan solliRRu oruvan seyyak kadavan' engiRa

dharmam nErAga azhindhu kidakkaiyAlE pithruvachana

paripAlanAdhigaLAlE sAmAnya dharmaththai

anushtiththAr perumAL. ...

 

'sEshabhUthan sEshiyak kuRiththu kincithkarikkak

kadavan' engiRa visEsha dharmaththai anushtiththAr

iLaiya perumAL. 'kuruShvamAmanucaram', 'aham

sarvam kariShyAmi' enRiRE ivarudaiya anushtAnam.

 

'rAjyam ca tava ...' engiRapadiyE nirbanthiththu

adimai seygaiyanRikkE sEshi ugandha adimai seyyak

kadavadhu ennumidaththai anushtiththAn sri

bharathAzhvAn.

 

appadiyirukkiRa ivanaiyalladhaRiyAdhEyirukkaiyAlE

bhagavathsEshathva kAshtaiyAna thadhIya

seshathvaththai anushtiththAn sri shatrughnAzhvAn."

 

 

>From Periyavacchan Pillai's vyAkhyAnam for Kanninun

Siruththambu:

 

"'oruvan solliRRai oruvan seyyak kadavan' engiRa

muRai nErAga azhindhu kidakkaiyAlE pithruvachana

paripAlanAdhigaLAlE sAmAnya dharmaththai

anushtiththAr perumAL. 'piturvacana nirdEshAt',

'agastyavacanAt', 'sugrIvavacanAt' enRiRE ivar

anushtAnam.

 

'nirupAthika sEshiyaik kuRiththu sEshabhUthan

kinchithkariththuth thAn uLanAgak kadavan' engiRa

visEsha dharmaththai anushtiththAr iLaiya perumAL.

'kuruShvamAmanucaram', 'aham sarvam kariShyAmi',

'sa bhrAtu:' ithyAdhi.

 

'rAjya ca tava ...' engiRapadiyE nirbanthiththadimai

seygainyinRikkE, 'sEshiyugandha adimaiyE

sEshabhUthanukkuk karthavyam' ennumidaththai

anushtithtthAr sri bharathAzhvAn. than sellAmAiyaip

pArAdhE sEshiyudaiya hrudhayaththaip pArththu

'ArurOha ratham hruShta:' enRu prIthiyOdE

mINdAniRE.

 

ippadiyirukkiRa ivanaiyalladhu aRiyAdhE irukkaiyAlE

bhagavathsEshathva kAshtaiyAna thadhIya

seshathvaththai anushtiththAn sri shatrughnAzhvAn.

 

 

In explaining what Sri Bharathazhvan showed, the

following details are given:

 

'raraksha dharmEna balEna' - Instead of only

protecting (serving) You (like Sri Lakshmana -

adiyEn's comment), I will protect (serve) Your

kingdom as well.

 

'aham vElEva sAgaram' - The beach is present to

serve the ocean; nevertheless the ocean cannot

overcome the beach. Similarly, You are greater

than me, but you cannot go beyond me.

 

 

The arumpadhavurai states that the 'than sellAmai'

is 'inbility to tolerate separation from Rama'.

 

 

Notice the use of 'nirbanthiththu adimai' by both

Nampillai and Periyavacchan Pillai for Lakshamana

and the comparison that Bharata did not do that

- instead accepting whatever the Lord wished.

Periyavacchan Pillai adds that Bharata actually

came back happy (prIthiyOdE) that he was doing

what Rama wanted, even though it meant separation

from the Lord.

 

 

AzhvAr emberumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan