Jai Sri Ram.
Jataayu attains Salvation :
Combing all through Janasthaana Rama and Lakshmana come to meet Jataayu lying on the floor with blood stains and mistakenly think that the bird had eaten Seetha and is wailing in discomfort, immobilised as though after a heavy meal. Irate Rama rushed towards Jataayu with loaded bow saying He will eliminate him with deadly arrows.
Jataayu, a good friend of King Dasaratha instead of worrying about his death in the hands of Rama, proclaimed Rama's well being in the first place.
''yaam oShadhim iva aayuShman ''. Blessed Thou! Be, like the forest herb. The lady whom you are searching, Ravana stole that lady and my lives, too.
I outreached to rescue Seetha... and in a combat Ravana clipped my wings and it will be inapt of you to kill me who is already killed by the demon..." Thus Jataayu appealed to Rama.
Rama discarding his bow and arrow, embraced Jataayu as he heard the much desired news about Seetha. Rama wept over Jataayu and the misfortunes that followed Him from Ayodhya.
Comforting as though, Jataayu said ''on stealing your ladylove Janaki, that chief of demons, Ravana, will ruin himself '', hinting briefly the name and clan of the usurper. So saying the Lord of the Birds breathed his last as Rama was looking on.
Rama willingly performed the last rites as would be eligible for a great Soul, the same way He would have fulfilled the missed opportunity in respect of His father.
Of the Means and the End, prApyam, purushartam or Kaingaryam is the End, the efficacy of such Service is associated with
a) Elaya Perumal
b) Periya UdayAr
c) Pillai Thiru NaraiyUr Arayar &
d) Chinthayanthi - in the ascending order of their greatness.
Periya Udayar is Jataayu, the Bird Eagle who sacrificed his life in the service of Rama and Seetha, is shown the gates of Paramapadam, the heavenly abode of Lord Vishnu, by the Lord Himself.
Rama though many a time preferred to conceal His Godly powers, threw such cautions to winds in respect of Jataayu and blessed the Bird King, the right to His ultimate world.
Though usurped of His own Kingdom, how could one offer Paramapadam claiming Hiself to be a Human is the sweet question, Sri Koorathalwan parlays in His Athi Manusha Stavam - Stotra, which the Lord would prefer to answer by His silence.
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