Nitya Raama Smaranam - Baala Kaanda- 04

Usually, in our scriptures, a curse is final in nature and unalterable. However, in the Ramayana, even a curse can be as sweet as honey. Here’s how – 

Today, we will see the Adi shloka in an entirely new light with this meaning. Let us read the shloka once again.

Maa nishhaada pratishthaam tvamagamah shaashvatiih samaah |

Yat krauncha mithunaat ekam avadhiih kaamamohitam ||

Now consider each word of the shloka this way – Maa as per the Sanskrit grammar text Amarakosha is also a reference to Devi Lakshmi; Nishaada – meaning ‘residing’, so Maa Nishaada, would refer to Sriman Narayana. Next, the term Yat – would refer to the act committed; Kraunchamithunaat – the couple Ravana and Mandodari; Ekam – the one i.e. Ravana; Avadhii – You Killed; Kaamamohitam – driven by passion (by which Ravana abducted Devi Sita); tvam-agamah – you get; pratishthaam – divine honour; shaashvatiih-samaah – everlasting

In short, the shloka is also a smart gist of the entire Ramayana – “Oh abode of Devi Lakshmi, i.e. Vishnu, by your act of killing the one male Ravana, who in his passion abducted Devi Sita, you eradicated Adharma from Earth and thus you gained everlasting divine sanctity, as Rama, for ages to come.”