NOTES TO READERS:
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words as transcribed in English language is being continually included in
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in order to understand the teachings of ved. So please make an effort to
visit the Sanskrit Glossary...the karma-phal will be eternal aanand
(bliss).
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The sanskrit words are spelled as near as possible to the original
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vedik bhaaratiya (Indian) and your vedik genetics will let you pronounce the
sanskrit words in here correctly.
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This serial is being compiled by shree
champaklaal daajibhaai mistry based upon the sanskrit to
English translation of ADHYAATMA RAAMAAYAN
by SWAMI TAPASYANANDA....to whom all of
us who study this are eternally grateful. This compilation is done with
knowledge from other ved sources
to create a deeper understanding of the science of life and in particular
the science of aatmaa (soul)
which is called aadhyaatma.....with
a prayer for all of us that by knowing our self, that is our
aatmaa, we will be able to perform sevaa
to brhmah
unconditionally....
THE SEVENTH AVATAR: SHREE RAAM
...........FROM AADHYAATMAA RAAMAAYAN...............
...........kaushlya raani
is revealed the mystery of the avataar by
raam, her newly born child in the form of mahaa-vishnu or brhmah.....
In the last serial from kaushlya raani
we learned about the characteristic of shree
raam who in reality is our creator brhmah-self....sagun
brhmah's attributes are described in the form of stuti
(prayer of praise).. which we can all use to pray to brhmah everyday....
We should learn how this aatmaa
travels
through time and space as
we understand in the human sense......but before we learn that let us first
learn about how the need for any travel by aatmaa comes about........by
learning about why vishnu's aatmaa made this travel as 7th avataar......and
how vishnu's birth was made possible in the mortal world......and now
how vishnu-dev shows his real divine form at birth to her mortal mother, kaushlya
raani and seeing this kaushlya raani offers stuti to the child
to describe the real essence of child's aatmaa....a stuti is a
praise offered to a dev or devi describing the real essence and
the powers of the dev or devi.....and in reciprocation of a prayer,
brhmah in the naam (name) and ruup (form) of shree raam tells her earthly mother
the genesis of his birth....
....this
is done by
shiv-dev
continued telling the kathaa of aadhyaatma
ramaayan to paarvati-devi:
"I will tell you
the kathaa of raam's travel as I had heard it from raam himself
long time ago. Listening to this kathaa removes 3-fold suffering of
mankind by eliminating the fear of death and obtaining the boon of
prosperity, long life and male progeny." (from aadhyaatmaa raamaayan,
Chapter 2, slok 5)...How does
the hearing of this kathaa remove
suffering:
By replacing
agnaan
(ignorance)
with
gnaan (knowledge)
With knowledge through education and experience one can achieve anything as per
the present day cliché "KNOWLEDGE IS POWER".
Recap from Chapter 3 slok 1 to 25:
The child born to kaushlya raani and dashrath raajaa was extraordinary as the child was an incarnation
of the parmaatmaa sanaatan, meaning
supreme aatmaa who is eternal and who is the jaagnaath
(lord of the worlds). The child at birth showed his true form of vishnu
to her mother: a body luminous like hundred suns, blue in
complexion, the eyes tingled louts red at the corners and had four hands and
wore the following: a yellow cloth; shining pair of ear pendants; shankh
(conch), chakra (discus),
gadaa (mace) and kamal
(lotus flower) in four hands; a garland of wild flowers; sirvatsa
on his chest, neckalce, armlets, anklets and other ornaments. His smile was like
lunar light and his lotus-like eyes were overflowing with karunaa
(compassion). Beholding such a magnificent form of the new born child, kaushalya-raani, who
herself is the ansh-avataar of aditi-devi,
wife of kaspya-muni, the creator of
all living beings in the universe...offered the following stuti
(prayer of praise) to the newly born child.......
"You are parmaatmaa, purushottam,
sattaam, gnaan and
by your maayaa
of sattva-gun, rajas-gun
and tamas-gun
you create, sustain and destroy the vishva (universe) but you
remain ever unstained; brhmaando
(all the universes) are an atom in your
abdomen. agnaani do not
understand, perceive, know, comprehend you or become conscious of you...but to
people who are sumedh you
become vyakta.
"
shiv-dev continues: (extracts
from aadhyaatmaa raamaayan,
Chapter 3, slok 26 to 35 with explanatory information from other ved
sources)...
The new born child shree raam
in the form of vishnu-dev
representing brhmah-self says to his mother
kaushlya
raani:
"Some time ago, I was prayed by brahmaa-dev to
relieve the
burden on bhumi-devi* by killing raavan. For this purpose I have now
taken this manushya (human) ruup (form).
Also you and dashrath
raajaa** had long time ago performed
tapasya (penance) with a desire for ME to be born as your
son.
The vision of Me (=brhmah)
as vishnu-dev that you have seen is a
phal (fruit or reward) from ME (=brhmah)
because of your tapasya to propitiate
me. This vision you have seen grants moksh to
the seer. This vision seen by you is not feasible to be seen by anybody unless I
(=brhmah) grant the shakti
to see it as tapasya-phal
(fruits or reward of tapasya).
Those who study or hear this sanvaad
(conversation and information thereof) will have remembrance of ME (=brhmah)
at the time of death and thus will attain MY (=brhmah's) svaaruupym
(my own form as brhmah)."
shree raam adopted
the form of an infant after saying the above to the
mother.
(* bhumi-devi is the
shakti which empowers pruthvi, which is the domain which supports all living and non-living creations.)
** dashrath raajaa
was the human incarnation of kaspya-muni and
kaushlya raani is the human
incarnation of kaspya-muni's wife aditi-devi.
kasapya-muni is a grand-son of brahmaa-dev
who is the creator of everything in each creation cycle,
kaspya-muni is a prajaapati
who is a sub-creator who creates all living beings in each creation cycle.
Both kaspya-muni and aditi-devi
took incarnations as humans so that their boon of having brhmah
in the form of visnu-dev is
realized.)
In the next serial we
will learn the brief essence about other human births of other devo as
supportive devo of shree raam in his objective to uphold the dharma which
was being threatened by raavan and his asuraa reign over the entire
universe......
At PVAF, we pray to bhagvaan to bless us to keep
learning ved in the serial to appear in the days to come to
eternity..........
om
namah brhmah
om namah guru brhmah
om shaanti shanti shaanti
om tat sat.
Serial Part 10-3 of 13: vishnu's das-avataar: 7th avataar: shree raam:
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