[Advaita-l] Rama is a Shiva bhakta - Chanakya (4 BCE)

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

On Sun 25 Mar, 2018, 7:53 AM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Rama is a Shiva  bhakta  - Chanakya (4 BCE)
>
> In the Chanakya Neeti, chapter 12, there is a stuti of Sri Rama:
>
> https://sa.wikiquote.org/s/84
>
> धर्मे तत्परता मुखे मधुरता दाने समुत्साहता
> मित्रेऽवञ्चकता गुरौ विनयता चित्तेऽतिगम्भीरता ।
> आचारे शुचिता गुणे रसिकता शास्त्रेषु विज्ञानता
> रूपे सुन्दरता *शिवे भजनता* त्वय्यस्ति भो राघव ॥१५॥
>
> Rama's excellent qualities are listed:
>
> Steadfastness in Dharma, Sweetness in speech, great enthusiasm in charity,
> non-cheating with friend, humility with Guru, earnestness in mind, purity
> in conduct, aesthetic disposition, felicity in shaastras, exquisite beauty
> in looks, *devotion to Shiva* - all these are abundantly there in You, O
> Raghava!
>
> There are instances in the Puranas where Rama is said to have worshiped
> Shiva at the seashore (Rameshwaram). In the Valmiki Ramayana there are
> instances where Rama's valor is compared to that of Shiva. And Shiva's
> devotion to Rama is praised in this famous verse:
>
> पार्वत्युवाच --- *केनोपायेन लघुना* विष्णोर्नामसहस्रकम् । पठ्यते
> पण्डितैर्नित्यं श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं प्रभो ॥ २६॥ ईश्वर उवाच --- श्रीराम राम
> रामेति रमे रामे मनोरमे । सहस्रनाम तत्तुल्यं राम नाम वरानने ॥ २७॥ श्रीरामनाम
> वरानन ॐ नम इति ।
>
> Asked by Parvati for the effortless means to chant the Vishnu's 1000 names,
> Shiva replies that he revels in the name  'Rama'. That name equals the 1000
> names of Brahman (Vishnu).
>
> Desamangalam Arya, a commentator of the famous Narayaneeyam, has said that
> the Vishnu Sahasra Nama and the Bhagavadgita can be interpreted to show
> Shiva as the Supreme Brahman described in those works.
>
> 'Shivarama', 'Shivaramakrishna', etc. are names popular among smartas
> alone.
>
> Om Tat Sat
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