Moola Mantram of Sri Raamayanam

గురు బ్రహ్మ గురుర్ విష్ణుః గురుర్ దేవో మహేశ్వరః

గురు స్సాక్షాత్ పరబ్రహ్మ తస్మై శ్రీ గురవే నమః

శుక్లాం బరధరం విష్ణుం శశివర్ణం చతుర్భుజం

ప్రసన్న వదనం ధ్యాయేత్ సర్వ విఘ్నోప శాంతయే

శ్రుతి స్మృతి పురాణానాం ఆలయం కరుణాలయం

నమామి భగవత్ పాదం శంకరం లోక శంకరం

ఓం నమః శివాయ

During the war between Sri Rama and Raavana, Raavana’s extremely powerful son, Indrajit, enters the war zone. He initiates Abhichaara Homam (Nikhumbila Homam). If he finishes that, then no one can defeat him. Once he starts the Homam, Vibheeshana (he is aware of Indrajit’s power) warns Sri Rama and Lakshmana that Indrajit should be brought to war immediately without finishing that homam. So, Lakshmana and Hanuma start fighting the army, deployed to protect the Homam performed by Indrajit. Lakshmana doesn’t shoot any arrows towards indrajit as he has not accepted the invitation to fight. This is Dharma Yuddham. So, Lakshmana just keeps waiting and hoping that Indrajit gets up in between without finishing the Homam.

Hanuma beats the army black and blue and they run to Indrajit asking him to protect them from Hanuma. So, Indrajit was forced to get up without completing that Homam. Lakshmana and Indrajit fought for 3 days and finally Lakshmana Shoots an asthram (abhimantrinchina baanam) by saying the following slokam

ధర్మాత్మా సత్యసంధస్చ రామో దాశరధిర్యధి

పౌరుషేచ ప్రతిద్వంద శరైనం జహి రావణిమ్

With that Indrajit gets killed. This is called the Moola mantram of Sri Raamayanam. Lets look at the meaning of that.

If only Sri Raama is a Dharmaatma, Satya sandha, Dasaradha’s son, one with Pourusham (bravery), then Indrajit should get killed with this arrow.

There have been certain allegations on Sri Rama on the above aspects.

Dharmam – Sri Rama killing Vaali was not considered to be as per Dharma as he shot the arrow from behind a tree. If this were not to be as per Dharma then Lakshmana’s arrow would not have killed Indrajit. This act of Sri Rama is probably a bit difficult for us to accept, because of his stature but certainly not against Dharma. This has been accepted by vaali himself in his dying moments.

Satyam – When Sri Rama was leaving Ayodhya to the forests in a chariot, Dasaradha runs behind that asking the charioteer to stop the chariot. Sri Rama instructs the charioteer not to stop it and also says, “If my father asks u why u did not heed to his orders, you mention that you did not hear his words in the noise of the chariot wheels.” Though this is a lie but the purpose of this has been to make Dasaradha upkeep his words given to Kaikeyi.

Daasaradhi – Sri Rama is not a son of Daasaradhi, born like another Human being but born because of the sweet concoction given by the Yagna devatha (allegation). But Sri Rama was born just like another human being sitting in the womb of Kousalya and he is a son of Dasaradha. Once again proved by the killing of Indrajit.

Pourusha – When Sri Rama fights 14000 strong raakshasa army of Khara Dooshana in the forests, he single handedly kills all of them in roughly 42 mins. During that fight Khara (could be Dooshana too) rushes Sri Rama by jumping onto him and Sri Rama wants to create some space to shoot an arrow for which he takes 3 steps back, creates space and then shoots down that Raakshasa with that arrow. This act of Sri Rama was termed as a timid one as one is not supposed to take a step back in a war/fight. But Indrajit getting killed clearly shows that Sri Rama’s act was not related to bravery.

So, Lakshmana killed Indrajit with that one asthram dispelling all allegations against Sri Rama. Indrajit is considered more powerful than Raavan himself. Dharmo Rakshathi Rakshitaha

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Sugreevas attitude and behaviour

గురు బ్రహ్మ గురుర్ విష్ణుః గురుర్ దేవో మహేశ్వరః

గురు స్సాక్షాత్ పరబ్రహ్మ తస్మై శ్రీ గురవే నమః

శుక్లాం బరధరం విష్ణుం శశివర్ణం చతుర్భుజం

ప్రసన్న వదనం ధ్యాయేత్ సర్వ విఘ్నోప శాంతయే

శ్రుతి స్మృతి పురాణానాం ఆలయం కరుణాలయం

నమామి భగవత్ పాదం శంకరం లోక శంకరం

ఓం నమః శివాయ

When Sugreeva and Sri Rama become friends, Sri Rama promises Sugreeva that he would kill Vaali and get his kingdom and wife back. So Sugreeva lands up in front of Vaali’s cave and invites him for a fight, with the confidence that Sri Rama would handle him. He gets beaten black and blue by Vaali and Sugreeva runs back to Rushyamooka Parvatham (mountain) where Vaali cannot enter. When confronted with the question of why he did not kill Vaali, Sri Rama answers that he could not identify Sugreeva as both the brothers were looking alike and he did not want to kill the wrong person. Then he asks Sugreeva to wear a garland made of some nice flowers so that he would be able to identify Sugreeva and kill Vaali and as they say, the rest is history.

Let us look at some of the incidents involving Sugreeva prior to this.

1.    When both Sri Rama and Sugreeva promise to be friends in front of agnihotram (fire), Sugreeva cuts a nice branch from a tree and creates seating positions for him and Sri Rama. Lakshmana would be standing there and Sugreeva doesn’t even offer him a seat. Immediately Hanuma gets another big branch and makes a seating arrangement for Lakshmana and asks him to be seated on that. Is that a big fault? Yes it is. If not, Hanuma would not have immediately made seating arrangements for Lakshmana. Lakshmana is an ardent follower of God (Sri Rama) and so hurting them would hurt God.

2.    When Sri Rama asks where Ravana lives, Sugreeva states that he doesn’t know but says that he would certainly find out once he gets his kingdom and army back. But Sugreeva knows every nook and corner of the entire globe, as he had to run around to escape from Vaali. When Sugreeva had to send the Vaanaras in search of Sita, he sends them in all directions giving them detailed description of the entire path till they reach the dead end including South (that’s where Ravana lived). He must have probably thought that if he provides the whereabouts of Raavana to Sri Rama, then Sri Rama would probably insist on getting Sita back immediately. To be fait to him he must have thought that fighting Raavana without any army is not possible and hence probably did not disclose that information then.

3.    Sugreeva gives a detailed description of Vaali’s strength and states that unless Sri Rama proves to him about his strength, he would not be confident in Sri Rama facing Vaali. As part of his tests, he asks Sri Rama the following.

a.   Huge mountainous skeleton of Dundhubhi (A Raakshasa killed by Vaali) has to be kicked by Sri Rama to a distance of 200 yards atleast. Sri Rama kicks that to more than 1000 yards. Immediately, Sugreeva backs out stating that When Vaali threw this body it was with flesh and blood and so it must have been much heavier than this and so wanted another test.

b.   Vaali could shake on huge tree with his bear arms and so if Sri Rama can bring down that tree with his arrow, then he would be convinced. Sri Rama shoots an arrow and that brings down 7 such trees at one go at lightning speed. That’s when Sugreeva got convinced about Sri Rama’s strength.

Obviously the above are sins, in a way, committed by Sugreeva and so he had to pay for those. He, infact, got away with a very minor punishment of getting beaten black and blue by Vaali the first time around.

Committing sins is one thing and committing sins with the Bhaagavathulu (people loved by God) is a bigger sin and one has to pay for those immediately.  

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