Goswami Tulsidas describes
the beauty of Sri Rama’s form:
sri ramacandra krpalu bhaja mana harana bhava bhaya darunam
nava kanja locana kanja mukha kara kanja pada kanjarunam.
O mind! Remember the compassionate Lord who removes the terrible fear of
samsara. His eyes are like a newly blossomed lotus and so are his hands and
feet.
One may wonder if the poet did not know any simile other than the lotus! But
this is the most appropriate example, because the lotus is a magnificent and
extraordinary flower – beautiful, soft, delicate and fragrant; it blooms in the
water or slush, but remains unaffected by it. This implies that Bhagavan’s form
is most beautiful, gentle, delicate, fragrant and untouched by the qualities of
maya and samsara.
Bhagavan’s form puts the beauty of countless Kamadevas to shame – kandarpa
aganita amita chavi nava nila niraja sundaram. Kamadeva is supposed to be the
most handsome, but all other #beauty fades
away in front of #Bhagavan.
His beauty is eternal, whereas all other beauty fades away in time. Every limb
of Bhagavan, even his toenail, is so beautiful that you can keep looking at
it.
Generally people wear different ornaments to adorn their body, but Bhagavan’s
body is so beautiful that ornaments only hide his beauty. Bhagavan’s body adds
beauty to the ornament – sarva anga anga vibhusanam.
That is why #Tulsidasjilikes Bhagavan’s
ascetic form, when he was wandering in the forest without any ornaments to hide
his original beauty. In fact, many people were captivated by Lord Rama’s beauty
and all of them were born as gopis in the Lord’s next avatar as #Krishna.
When Shurpanakha, who was smitten by Sri Rama’s beauty, was disfigured by#Lakshmana, she
went to her brothers Khara, Dushana and Trishira. They, along with the 14,000
raksasas who were living with them, went to attack Rama and Lakshmana. Sri Rama
asked Lakshmana to guard Sita Devi and decided to take on the raksasas
single-handed. When Khara and Dushana saw Sri Rama, their hearts melted. They
said that they had seen devas, gandharvas, yaksas, kinnaras and many other
handsome forms, but never had they seen such beauty before.
They did not have the heart to attack him. That is the beauty of Bhagavan’s
form which can captivate even an enemy.
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