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 | | When Vibhishana went to surrender to Rama and seek his protection, people like Sugriva, Angada and others who were with Rama asked whether Vibhishana, who was the brother of Ravana, would also not have the same bad qualities which were characteristic of his brother. | | | Because of this boon, Vibhishana remained totally unaffected inspite of all the raillery and abuse by Ravana and his sons. | | | The bad qualities that were in Ravana were spreading and giving their evil results to the entire Lanka and they spread even to Vibhishana who was a satwic person. |
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| | Vibhishana, who could discriminate between good and evil things in the world, having sought the favour from his eldest (half-) brother by means of soothing words arranged in an order, spoke in consonance with place, time and purpose. | | | Vibhishana with great radiance, heard the auspicious sounds of felicitous recital of prayers uttered by the knowers of Vedas (scriptural texts), wishing for the victory of his brother. | | | Ravana, who annihilated the army of celestials and who was very powerful with an impetuous valour, thus spoke and then sent away Vibhishana, who had spoken honestly. |
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| | As Brahma was captivated by the beauty of the Lord, so was Vibhishana and hence was not willing to leave Sri Rama as he was unable to bear the separation. | | | After the coronation, when it was Vibhishana’s turn to return to Lanka and rule the kingdom, Vibhishana denied to part with the Lord. | | | Lot of dead bodies were scattered here and there. |
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| | Vibhishana who was observing the deliberations in the assembly intervened and advised his brother on the merit of avoiding a conflict with Rama, ``The wise declare the well-known occasions for exhibiting prowess appropriate to that end which cannot be attained with all the other three expedients (viz. | | | Surrender to God (Saranagati, Prapatti) has been recommended by the Lord Himself as a means to liberation during His manifestations in the human form. | | | The paradigmatic instances of surrender in the two epics are that of Draupadi to Lord Krishna and of Vibhishana to Lord Rama, while Gajendra's surrender is highlighted in the Bhagavata Purana. |
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| | Rama promised Vibhishana to make him the future king of Lanka. | | | Ravana became upset with Vibhishana and told him to leave the kingdom of Lanka. | | | The monkeys were suspicious but took him to Rama as a captive. |
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| | Because Vibhishana was a great devotee, Lord Ramachandra presented Him with the Deity of Sri Ranganatha on the southeast coast of India to worship in Sri Lanka. | | | While traveling to Sri Lanka with Sri Ranganatha (along with the Lord's Vimana), Vibhishana stopped near the Kaveri river, at a holly place called Chandra Puskarini, where a Deity of Anantha Sesa (the Lord's serpentbed) was worshipped. | | | Lord Ranganatha then blessed Vibhishana by promising to always look forward Vibhishana's kingdom, Sri Lanka. |
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| | Vibhishana had tried to persuade Ravana to see reason and set Sita free. | | | Hanuman was accorded a very warm welcome by Vibhishana and his wife. | | | It was left for Hanuman to try his own way without any help from within Lanka. |
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| | It was the fifth day after the last of fourteen years of exile when Rama greeted the hermit Bharadwaja, and from him learnt that Bharata awaited his return, leading a hermit's life and honouring the sandals. | | | Then Rama came, and Bharata worshipped him and bathed his feet and humbly greeted him; but Rama lifted him up and took him in his arms. |
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| | Vibhishana is portrayed as the most ardent devotee who had achieved success by taking recourse to this simple method and obtaining asylum from Sri Raffia. | | | His gesture towards a true devotee is brought out in His not only welcoming Vibhishana to His fold but even complying with his suggestion to seek the help of the King of the Ocean to reach Lanka. | | | Sri Rama Himself was the ultimate authority to grant him succour but He consulted the top leaders of the monkey legion who, however with the exception of Anjaneya, expressed grave doubts about Vibhishana's sincerity, suspecting him to be a spy. |
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| | It has earlier been mentioned that Vibhishana, the brother of Ravana, believed that Rama was a Divine Incarnation. | | | An egoist will always see things in the light that suits him, no matter how much a well-wisher may be trying to make him see the truth. | | | By crowning Vibhishana the King of Lanka Rama showed another facet of his divine character. |
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| | Rama was on the point of giving up the battle for the day. | | | The only truth for me is your will. | | | He turned away from the wicked and found refuge in God. |
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| | Legend has it that Rama presented it to Vibhishana, Ravana's successor in Sri Lanka. | | | The grand Ramanatha Swamy temple at Rameswaram is believed to be the site where Rama offered worship to Shiva while returning from Sri Lanka. | | | The grand temple at Srirangam enshrines the image of Vishnu said to have been held in worship by Rama. |
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| | Vibhishana asked for a boon that his mind should at all stages in life be attuned to Dharma. | | | There is a lovely chapter in Kamba Ramayanam titled 'the episode of the slaying of Hiranya' (Iraniyan Vathaippatalam: Yuddha Kandam: 3: 1 to 176) wherein Vibhishana, youngest brother of demon-chief Ravana, narrates to his brother the concerned episode in detail. | | | Their mother Kaikasi, daughter of demon Sumali sought union with sage Visrava at a most inauspicious time - the Rakshasa Muhurta - and therefore after the union begot two evil-minded demons, Ravana and Kumbhakarna, and also a wicked daughter Surpanaka. |
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| | Before that you must attack and kill him." Indrajit saw Vibhishana and said," you have planned to harm me. You have disrupted my yaga. | | | There is a curse from Brahma that whoever disrupts Indrajit's yaga at Nikumbhila temple will be able to kill him. | | | If Indrajit died Ravana and everyone else is dead." With the blessings of Rama, Lakshmana, Sugreeva, Hanuman, Jambavan and Vibhishana and his four aides, along with Vanara soldiers headed for the Nikumbhila temple. |
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| | Vibhishana kept the Ranga Vimanam on the bank and had his holy bath in the river Kaveri and started worshipping the Ranga Vimanam. | | | As Vibhishana helped Rama to annihilate the demon Ravana, his service was the greatest and he was presented with the highest gift namely Ranga Vimanam. | | | Ravana's brother Vibhishana, a great devotee of Rama, helped him in his mission of annihilating the ten headed demon Ravana. |
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| | Now he is revered as a God and the Sri Lankan have a shrine for him. | | | Later on, Hanuman, son of Vayu who was brave, pure and wise, was also worshipped as a God. | | | Though Asuras and Raakshasas were usually evil, did not see any value of the Dharma and enjoyed all wicked behaviour, there were a few wise ones among them: for example, Ravana's brother, Vibhishana, who later became king of Lanka. |
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| | Vibhishana agreed and proceeded to carry the deity south to Sri Lanka. | | | In the northeast corner of this enclosure is the Chandra Pushkarani tank, the moon-pond, where Vibhishana first placed the deity of Sri Ranganatha when he brought the deity here. | | | It is believed that Vibhishana goes to Srirangam every 12 years to worship the Lord. |
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| | While Bhagavadgita was told by Lord Sri Krishna to Arjuna in the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Vibhisanagita was told by Lord Sri Rama to Vibhishana, Ravana’s brother, on the battlefield of Lanka. | | | Arjuna was to get kingdom on winning the battle, while Vibhishana had already been declared the king of Lanka on his defection to Sri Rama. | | | While the aim of Bhagavadgita was to exhort Arjuna to fight, in Vibhishanagita Sri Rama indirectly tells Vibhishana how he should rule over Lanka on the death of Ravana. |
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| | Vibhishana's wife and maidens took Sita from the garden. | | | Vibhishana knelt at the body of his dead brother and burst into tears. | | | Vibhishana - Ravana's brother who leaves Lanka to join Rama. |
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| | Vibhishana opined, “Let us surrender unto the ocean.” Since Sri Rama felt this to be the right advice he surrendered unto Samudra Raja (Ocean king). | | | As usual Sri Rama, just before waging war (on Ravana), consulted all present in the matter regarding crossing the ocean. | | | The reason behind this is that as he had benefited by surrendering (to Sri Rama) he knew only that way. |
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| | And with great humility Avindhya said unto the illustrious descendant of Kakutstha, 'O illustrious one, accept thou this goddess, Janaka's daughter of excellent conduct!' Hearing these words, the descendant of Ikshwaku's race alighted from his excellent chariot and beheld Sita bathed in tears. | | | And Rama also, with Sumatra's son and Vibhishana, and accompanied by all the monkeys with Sugriva at their head, placing Sita in the van and having made arrangements for the protection of Lanka, recrossed the ocean by the same bridge. | | | And beholding Rama united with the daughter of Janaka, the charioteer of Sakra, highly pleased, addressed him in the midst of friends, and said these words, 'O thou of prowess that can never be baffled thou hast dispelled the sorrow of the celestials, the Gandharvas, the Yakshas, the Asuras, the Nagas, and human beings! |
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| | Vibhishana, it is believed comes even today to pray at the temple. | | | When Vibhishana, who was carrying it back on his head to Sri Lanka, rested briefly at Srirangam, the shrine got rooted there. | | | His descendant, Sri Rama presented the shrine to Vibhishana when he attended his coronation. |
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| | Accordingly Vibhishana comes under My protecting hand." Overwhelmed by Rama's testament of Divine Mercy all others got rid of the suspicion, Vibhishana was crowned as the emperor and the steps for invasion of Lanka commenced. | | | What the Lord does and tells a person who so surrenders are the topics mentioned in several scriptural texts, the Ramayana being foremost among them, said Sri R. Aravamudan in his discourse. | | | It is My solemn, unalterable vow that I stand by anyone who surrenders his all at My feet. |
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| | Vibhishana, the only surviving younger brother of Ravana, was not prepared to perform the funeral rites after the latter's death. | | | What is special here is that these animals and birds, by their sheer devotion and love of God, could give up their innate qualities and transform themselves into vehicles of Gods, and are now worshipped along with Gods and Goddesses. | | | How do you call yourself a devotee of Rama then?" Since that day, Vibhishana became a part of Rama's divine mission. |
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| | Vibhishana shows the pure ego surrendered to God and honoring the Divine Will. | | | This shows action in harmony with the Divine Will that cannot be opposed. | | | We must not forget the potential for destruction that comes from giving into such forces. |
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| | Rama heard about Sita from Hanuman and tears welled up in his eyes. | | | We must anoint him King of Lanka." Lakshmana took him inside Lanka and declared him King and sanctified it with water brought by Vanara soldiers from the seven Seas. | | | He told Vibhishana, " Have Sita take a bath and bring her here." She was brought to Rama in a Palanquin. |
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| | They are the blessed ones who have received, respectively, superlative affection, supreme refuge, undisputable protection, infinite compassion, total absolution and apex of benefaction, from the Lord. | | | In the entire universe, it is Sri hari (VishNu) that is to be worshipped as the Ultimate Resort. | | | This surrender of Vibhishana to Lord Sri Rama is called the episode of Vibhishana |
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| | Rama, who was worshipped by the crowned Vibhishana |
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| | Desikan takes up the scene of Vibhishana’s (brother of Ravana, the King of Sri Lanka) surrender (to Lord Rama). | | | Therefore, here, acceptance of Vibhishana included all those who had come along with him. | | | Another surprising fact seen here is that the debate was only on whether Vibhishana could be taken into the fold or not: and not about others who had come along with him. |
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| | The story goes that when Ravana's brother Vibhishana was returning to Lanka after the Pattabhishekam (coronation) of Lord Rama at Ayodhya, he was carrying an idol of Ranganatha given to him by Lord Rama. | | | When Vibhishana reached Trichy, the banks of the Cauvery brimming with beautiful water attracted him. | | | At the time he saw a small boy and bade him to keep the idol. |
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| | Vibhishana, brother of Ravana, was returning home to Sri Lanka after having witnessed the coronation of Rama at Ayodhya, carrying with him, an image of Ranganatha (Vishnu) which Rama had given him for worship, with the caveat that the image would get stuck to the earth if placed it on the ground. | | | Legends similar to this, surrounding Ganapati are associated with the Gokarna temple in Karnataka and with other temples such as the Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga Temple at Deogarh in Bihar where it is believed that Ganapati caused the installation of Shiva Lingams in a manner similar to the legend described above. | | | Vibhishana it is said, was proceding Southward with great care, when for inevitable reasons had to take a break on the banks of the Kaveri where he was affronted by Ganapati in the guise of a young lad, who promised to care for the image, allowing him to perform his morning rituals. |
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| | After Lord Rama had killed the demon king Ravana, Lakshmana and Vibhishana requested Rama to become the King of Lanka as he rightfully won the kingdom after killing Ravana. | | | a) He accepted the kingdom of Lanka to the delight of the people of Lanka and appointed Vibhishana as the special minister to look after the day to day affairs of the kingdom and returned to Ayodhya. | | | c) He refused to accept the kingdom of Lanka and made Vibhishana the king of Lanka. |
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| | Viswamitra yaga samrakshana, Sulochana Sati, Vibhishana Sarangati, Draupadi mana samrakshana, Sri Ramajanana, Garuda garva harana, Vatsala kalyana, Rukmini kalyana are all Nirupanas from Keertan Tarangini. | | | So far we have seen the classical tradition of story telling. |
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| | Sri Ratna, king of Ayodhya, gave permission to Vibhishana to remove Sri Ranga Vimana with Sri Ranganatha to Lanka with the express condition that it should not be put down anywhere on the way. | | | On return Vibhishana tried to lift it but as it had already got firmly rooted to the ground he could not do so. | | | The traditional account of how the temple at, Srirangam came to be established is interesting. |
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| | He thought that it was Vibhishana who was coming. | | | At the dead of night he assumed the form of Vibhishana, the brother of Ravana and an ally and devotee of Sri Rama. | | | Ravana asked his help to fight against Sri Rama and Lakshmana. |
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| | Most of the monkey leaders were for slaying him, for they put little faith in a rakshasa, even if he were not a disguised spy; but Rama spoke him fair, and engaged, in return for his assistance in the war, to set him on the throne of Lanka when Ravana should have been slain. | | | And by now Ravana was thin and passion-worn and weary, like a horse spent with a long journey, and he desired to compass Rama's death and make Sita his own. | | | Therefore he took counsel again with his generals for war, but again Vibhishana opposed him, till Ravana cursed him angrily as cowardly and treasonable. |
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| | A grateful Vibhishana explains that even though he has lived in the midst of demons, he has always longed for the Lord's darshan. | | | When Vibhishana apologizes to Rama for his demonic form, Rama tells him, "I see no demon." | | | Vibhishana, Ravana's good brother, seeks Rama's protection and asks to join his army. |
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| | Accepting the orders of Rama, the Vanaras plucked entire trees, and dancing in joy, they ate the fruits and cast the branches and twigs over the battlements into the City itself. | | | He gave Ravana the letter Lakshmana had entrusted him with. | | | At last Vibhishana rose from his place and addressed Rama thus: "Lord! |
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| | These guNams shine more in Vibhava SaraNAgathy than even in the Para Satate at SrI Vaikuntam.Incidents from VibhIshaNa SaraNagathy are used to illustrate the Lord's matchless guNams in the context of His abhaya pradhAnam to this brother of RaavaNA. | | | The glories of both are covered using VibhIshaNa saraNAgathy episodes once again. | | | The extraordinary details that Swamy Desikan provided to explain the perfection of VibhIshaNa SaraNAgathy forms the heart of this SrI Sookthi of APS. |
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| | Ravana had a wise brother Vibhishana, who asked Ravana to return Sita, but Ravana threw him out of the kingdom. | | | Hanuman then prayed to the Wind god and asked to bend one of the arrow towards the vulnerable spot on Ravana's body. | | | The Sea God made the rocks float on the ocean. |
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| | The battle is followed by the crowning of Vibhishana as king of Lanka, the return of Sita and the journey back to Ayodhya. | | | Other episodes described in this chapter are the defection of Vibhishana, the exchange of messages between Rama and Ravana and Rama’s taming of the ocean. | | | It describes the exploits of Hanumana: his crossing over the ocean, entry into Lanka, his meeting with Vibhishana, his discovery of, and meeting with, Sita and his burning of Lanka. |
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| | While describing the greatness of King Dasaratha, Romapada says to Rishyasringar that he (King Dasaratha,) was born in tae family of that noble person who weighed himself in the balance for the sake of a bird and by whose fame the whole family had attained reputation," " | | | He says, 11 from the days of our birth, have wherever forgotten the greatness of him who entered the balance for one who had sought refuge? | | | In the Yuddha Kandam of the same work - Kumbhakarna vadhaippadalam Stanza 1559-from his deathbed Kumbhakarna entreats Rama to afford protection to Vibhishana who had sought refuge with Him. |
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| | Not knowing what to do next, he hied fast to the house of Vibhishana and discovered him immersed in reciting the Name of Rama. | | | Hanuman refused to partake of any food or drink, since he had resolved to refrain from both until he could see Sita and communicate to her the message of Rama. | | | Seeing Hanuman, Vibhishana rose and approached him in a friendly and pleasing manner. |
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| | Prahlad abandoned his father; Vibhishana left his brother Ravana; Bharata deserted his mother; Bali forsook even his Guru; the Gopis, the women of Vraja, disowned their husbands in order to attain the Lord. | | | Their lives were all the happier for having done so. | | | Tulsidasji sent a reply: "Abandon those who do not worship Rama and Sita as if they are your enemies, even though they are your dearest relatives. |
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| | He takes the help of Vibhishana, the brother of Ravana, promising him to kill Ravana and his son and place him on the vacant throne. | | | The first thing Rama does after the fight was to give a descent burial to the dead body of Ravana. | | | There too he plays the same mean part as he did between the two brothers, Vali and Sugriva. |
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