sṛṣṭaṁ vilokya nṛpate daśa-kandhareṇa
sṛṣṭaṁ vilokya nṛpate daśa-kandhareṇa
jaghne 'dbhutaiṇa-vapuṣāśramato 'pakṛṣṭo
mārīcam āśu viśikhena yathā kam ugraḥ
O King! Seeing the deer, Mārīca in disguise, send by Rāvaṇa, who was enflamed with desire on hearing about Sītā, Rāma, attracted away from the hermitage by the deer’s fabulous golden body, killed it with his sharp arrow just as Śiva killed Dakṣa.
Then, seeing Mārīca in the form of a deer sent by Rāvaṇa, who though of stealing her on hearing about her from Sūrpaṇakha, in order to lure Rāma from the hermitage, Rāma, lured far away from the hermitage by the astonishing golden deer, killed Mārīca, just as Śiva killed Dakṣa (kam).
|| 9.10.11 ||
rakṣo-'dhamena vṛkavad vipine 'samakṣaṁ
vaideha-rāja-duhitary apayāpitāyām
bhrātrā vane kṛpaṇavat priyayā viyuktaḥ
strī-saṅgināṁ gatim iti prathayaṁś cacāra
When Sītā was stolen by wolf-like Rāvaṇa in the forest in Rāma’s absence, Rāma, feeling separation from his wife like a suffering man, wandered in the forest with his brother, announcing to the world the result of association with women.
When Sītā was stolen by Rāvaṇa (adhamena) who was like a wolf, when others were not looking (asamakṣyam), Rāma experienced separation known as vipralambha from Sītā. Rāma is the āśraya ālambana for śṛṇgāra-rasa. Rāma relished vipralambha or separation as part of rasa, and displayed anubhāvas, sattvika-bhāvas, and sañcāri-bhāvas such as lamentation, fainting and madness. Why did he do this? He showed to material men the unhappy consequence of association with women. It was a show only and not actual. However, persons with spiritual vision know that it is impossible for the Lord who is param brahman, whose mind, intelligence and senses are all spiritual, to experience material suffering. This is against the scripture and is understood by śruti and the discussion on Rāma in the Fifth Canto concerning his form in Kimpuruṣa-varṣa. Rāma-tāpanī Upaniṣad says cinmaye ’smin mahāviṣṇau jāte dāśarathe harau: Rāma, born to Daśaratha, is the Supreme Lord, completely spiritual.
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