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Sri Valmiki Ramayana As It is - 12

The 18th sarga contains the details of the incarnation of Vishnu as a human on earth. 

Dasaratha after finishing the puthrakameshti
Yaga, waited for the queens to give birth. Six seasons went by, and in the month of Chaithra, (twelve months after finishing the yajna), on Navami thithi day, in karkataka lagna, Kausalya gave birth to a male
baby and the star on that day was Punarvasu and all the important planets like sukra (Venus), guru (Jupiter), sun, sani (Saturn), kuja were well aligned. On that auspicious day, the Lord of the whole
universe, Vishnu was born as a baby to Kausalya with half of His amsa, (power) as per the share of the divine payasam (milk dessert).
Following His birth, 1/4th of the amsa of Vishnu Kaikeyi gave birth to a male child. He was born in Meena lagna and the star was Pushyami.
Then Sumithra delivered twins. Both were the amsas (part) of Vishnu only. Like that Lord Vishnu incarnated Himself in four forms through the queens and became the sons of Dasaratha. We may have heard that
Kausalya's son was the only true from Vishnu, and others were from Amsas of Adisesha, Conch and Chakra, which is not true according to Valmiki. Lord Vishnu wanted to teach the importance of humanity, and how a man should live. So, He Himself came in four forms and showed us the righteous way of living through diverse characters.

All the devathas showered flowers while Rama was incarnated on earth, devadundubhies(divine drums) made good sounds and apsaras did dance with the pleasure of Rama's arrival on earth. The people in
Ayodhya also felt very happy and they celebrated in each and everyhouse the birthday of Rama. Dasaratha and the people of Ayodhya were very happy at the birth of four princes. Dasaratha invited his guru sage Vasishta to perform the rituals for the period of the birth.
Vasishta performed the sanctifying activities, and on the twelth day Vasishta named all the off springs. Being a sage and thrikala darsi (knowing the future) He named all the children. He named Kausalya's
son as Rama, because he was going to please everybody with his presence and behavior and Rama means ramayathi (makes every one happy) who ever met Him. Sage Vasishta already knew who Rama was, and He was none other than Lord Vishnu, to whom the Rishis and Yogis pray in their hearts and experience bliss i.e. ramnthe asmin yo:ginaha ithi Rama , so he chose that name.

The letters RA and MA are having greater significance. RA is beejakshara of fire god (Agni) and MA beejakshara denotes the immortality. By chanting these letters all our sins will be smashed and we will get immortality (amruthathwa). By chanting this nama (name) only a hunter Ruksha became like a Maharshi Valmiki. Another way Ra is the 2nd letter in the sequence of last consonants and Ma is the 5th letter among pa-varga. Then RaMa=2X5=10. So if we say Sri Rama(2X5) Rama(2X5) Rama(2X5) ithi , then it will be equivalent to 1000. That's why in Vishnusahasranama Uththara peethika we will chant Sri Rama Rama Rame:thi …. Sahasranama thath thulyam. By this multiple power Valmiki get rid of all his previous sins.

Kaikeyi's son was named as Bharatha, because he was going to take the responsibility of the whole kingdom. Bharatha means one who is capable to fulfill his responsibilities without expecting anything in return. The twins of Sumithra were named Lakshmana and Sathrughna. 
Lakshmana means the wealthiest one. Vasishta knew that, HE is going to have the real wealth, i.e.constant service to (Lord) Rama (kainkarya Lakshmi), hence he was named Lakshmana. And the last one Sathrughna,
means,one who is capable of destroying (eliminate) all His enemies.
But actually in the whole Ramayana we can see that Sathrughna fought with and killed only Lavanasura. Then why was HE called as Sathrughna? Yes, here we are going to know 2 kinds of enemies,(with which we live daily, but don't realize). one is outer enemy like lavanasura (outside beauty), and the second one, more dangerous enemies like desire, anger, jealousy, kama, moha etc. Sathrughna was able to serve only Bharatha by destroying both outer and inner enemies. That's why he was named as Sathrughna.

Our purvacharyas say that the behaviour or personality of a humanbeing will be described according to the birth time, star and composition of the planets etc. according to astrology. In the case of Rama he born in Chaithramasa which is the first month in the year according to the lunar calendar. So Rama became the first and best model to be a real humanbeing having so many good qualities like the kalas of a moon and thus called as Ramachandra. Then he born in the star Punarvasu, for which Adithi(mother of devathas/satvik powers) is the adhidevatha. So Rama, being the satvikone use to treat everybody equally and with love. Sarvasamaha ramaha. He born on Navami(9) thithi. In spiritual way the number 9 is having a greater significance. It will not lose its existence eventhough multiplied and protects the existence of the number which is added to it. For example if we multiply 9 by 5 i.e.45—4+5=9 again. Like that Rama won't lose his originality under any circumstances. Samudra iva ga:mbhi:rye: he is having deep heart like a ocean. If we add any number to nine i.e.9+6=15—1+5=6 again. So, whoever surrenders or do friendship with Rama , he will protect their swaswarupa(originality). And 5 planets were in good position denoting Rama is going to be the ruler of the whole world.

After the namakarana mahotsava(naming ceremony) Dasaratha donated somany gold coins and cows to the Acharyas ,brahamanas and gave bonuses to all the subordinates. He did thadiyaradhana (surprise
party) to everybody. All these things are described in18th sarga and Valmiki maharshi didn't described the childhood activities of the four brothers. Immediately in the next verse he says all the four borthers
are growing up and learning dhanurveda, horseriding and chariot driving etc. But he explains the correlation between Rama and Lakshmana as well as Bharatha and Sathrughna which was started in their childhood. Let us know about the love within the brothers and what Dasaratha is doing after getting children in next mail. 

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