Following are some embedded upanishad insights in sundara kanda as per guru ji Shri Bhashyam Appalacharya's pravachanam.
When Lord Hanuman meets Mother Sita in Ashoka vana, he gives her Lord Rama's ring which has Rama namam imprinted on it. Upon seeing that ring given by Hanuman, Sita devi feels immensely happy as if she has seen Sri Rama right in front of her. When Hanuman asks for some abhignanam (i.e., souvenir) to show Lord Rama, mother Sita gives her divya choodamani which was tied to the loose edge of her saree (i.e., cheera kongu mudi).
The aforementioned incident is analogous to the following:
Here Rama is the paramAtma and mother Sita is jivAthma. Mother Sita filled Lord Rama in her heart and chanted his name with full devotion conquering the indriya vyamohas (i.e., sensual desires). Then lord Rama has sent Hanuman with his ring which has Rama namam imprinted on it. This is similar to Lord Rama sending an Acharya (i.e., Hanuman) to give mantropadesa to the devotee. Here choodamani corresponds to the desire of a devotee/sadhaka to obtain the thathva gnanam and unite with god. This desire of jeevatma/sadhaka is covered by maya (i.e., maya vastra/saree) until he gets the mantropadesa. Upon hearing the mantropadesa from his acharya, this maya vastram uncovers the hidden desire of a sadhaka attaining paramAtma (This corresponds to mother Sita uncovering the choodamani from her saree and giving it to lord Hanuman). Once that desire gets uncovered and by continuously chanting the mantra obtained from acharya, he obtains the thathva gnanam. Further, paramAtma himself can not bear the separation from his devotee anymore and HE comes to rescue his bhaktha from clutches of samsara. This is analogous to Lord Rama coming himself to lanka and releasing her from the cluches of Ravana (Here Ravana corresonds to manas and indriya vyamohas. They are the obstacles in the path of self relization to attain paramAtma).
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