|| Om Namo Bhagavathey Vasudevaya ||

Chapter – 122- The legend of Surya dynasty -6

The celestial bird Garuda/Eagle is the representation of Bhakti/devotion, Gnana/wisdom and Vairagya/dispassion, its two wings and the tail is the symbol of Bhakti, Gnana, and Vairagya, it has attained the status 0f the celestial vehicle of Lord Vishnu with its immense power.  These are the prime tools for the attainment of the serenity of mind, even the bird Garuda has achieved the highest state of spirituality, and therefore it is indisputable that the human intellect also has the skill to achieve the same with the practice of devotion, wisdom and dispassion.  Unfortunately, the human intellect get soaked in the material world, it easily gets attached to the worldly bondage and matters eventually lose its serenity, it causes repetitions of cycles of births and deaths.  The contemplation upon  the absolute Bhramam is possible through the sounds and appearance, thus the ‘idol worship’ has come in to existence, the worship of the ‘formless’ one with the ‘form’ followed by the recitation of sacred texts which represents ‘sounds’ has come into existence.  The friction of the two objects produce ‘sounds’ and ‘ light’,  like the  lightning and thunder causes  while the clouds rubbing each other, thus it produces sound as well as the light.  In this way, the human mind and intellect undergoes various thought processes and emotions in the presence of the supreme soul.

Shuka Bhramam speaks “ Oh! Rajan, the Bhramam is subtle in nature, it is the highest philosophy that cannot be seen, it can be experienced with the constant contemplation upon the supreme Lord.  It is beyond comparison or description, it has an all-pervading nature.   It has no birth or death, it is eternal.  It has neither beginning nor end, it has no specific form.  This highest philosophy is addressed as ‘Vasudeva’ by the intellectuals.”

Shuka Bhramam describes the legend of the supreme Lord Rama that was described as Maharishi Vedavyasa in ‘Adhyathma Ramayan’ in which Maharishi Vedavyasa narrates Lord Rama as the absolute Bramham/not as the son of King Dhasharatha, Lakshmana as ‘Jeevathma’/souls, and Goddess Sita  as ‘Maya’/illusion/mind and intellect/ who is the female force of the supreme Lord engages in various amusements between the Jeevathma/soul and  Paramathma/supreme soul.  Upanishads repeatedly affirms the Paramathma Thaththva of supreme Lord.  The evil character ‘Ravana’ was depicted as the demon with ten heads, his real name was Dhashanan/Dhashamukha who had a wide perspective, had the awareness of happenings in ten directions, and was completely soaked in worldly matters from all directions.  Once, he prepared to lift the Mount Kailash, his hands got trampled at the weight of Mount Kailash, with the slightest force of the thumb applied by Lord Mahadeva, his two hands crushed under the feet of Mahadeva.   He produced a loud shriek followed with continuous cries, thus he was called ‘Ravana’ by Lord Mahadeva.  ‘Ravana’ represents utter selfishness, and immature seeks pleasure in worldly matters.  Maharishi Vedavyasa beautifully depicts the conflict between the unruly mind/Ravana with the serene mind/Rama as the battle between ‘Rama and Ravana’.  Ultimately, Rama wins the battle against Ravana and regains Sita/pure intellect and mind.