hello friends ! i just wanna share some facts about lord rama and his brothers ... Its said that wen mother earth requested lord vishnu to rescue from ravana lord vishnu promised to free herself to rescue her by incarnating as lord rama on hearing this anant shesha his chakra and his sacred conch insisted to take them alongwith him they pleaded him to let them serve as his servant...lord vishnu was overwhelmed to hear it and said to the shesha chakra and conch that they are his true companion so they will incarnated with him as his younger brother...thus shesha is suppose to be incarnated as lakshmanji... chakra as bharat and sacred conch as shatrughan...thereafter shesha requested him to not to incarnate as human being instead allow him to descend to earth... With the blessing of lord vishnu he will slay ravana...hearing it lord Vishnu said his incarnation is not meant to kill and slay the demons... but to purify the polluted minds of the ppl...he will incarnate as human being and will suffer and set the example for the common man to lead a life as
Maryada Purushottama, literally the Perfect Man orLord of Self-Control or Lord of Virtue.
now the question arises y ram is called maryada purushottam...in the very first sarga of the Ramayanam as to why Rama is Maryada Purushottam. Valmiki asks Maharshi Narada about maryada purushottam to which maharashi narada explained one who possess sixteen properties is considered as maryada purushottam
These sixteen properties could be summarized as
1) principled
2) potential
3) a conscientious one
4) a redeemer
5) a truth-teller (satya vakya paripalakudu)
6) self-determined in his deed
7) blent with good-conduct
8) respect of all beings is benign
9) adept
10) ablest one
11) uniquely good looking
12) courageous
13) controls his ire
14) brilliant
15) non-jealous
16) even whom do the gods fear, when provoked to war
let me take an example in the first stanza its given
1) kaH nu asmin sa.mpratam loke guNavaan kaH ca viiryavaan |
dharmaj~naH ca kR^itaj~naH ca satya vaakyo dhR^iDha vrataH || 1-1-2
meaning: Who really is that person in this present world, who is principled and also a potential one, a conscientious one, a redeemer, and also a truth-teller and self-determined in his deed
like wise maharashi narad explained all the sixteen characterstics and then told only Lord Rama possess such qualities hence he is considered as Marayada Purushottam Ram
in telugu, we refer to Rama affectionately as "padaharu gunala ramudu" meaning "Rama of sixteen properties".
so thats was all for now i hope i didnt bored or offended anyone😛
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