If Only
There is a very interesting episode when Hanuman ji is goes to Lanka, is captured and brought in front of Ravana. What he sees, is described below:
Clad in silk of golden hue, with the royal crown on his head, the jewels inlaid in it shining brilliantly, Raavana sat there, a figure of dazzling splendour. The whole court was brilliant with shining gold and gems, pearls and silk. His dark body, lit up by the marks of royalty, looked like a great radiant hill.
“Alas!” thought Hanumaan full of anger, wonder and pity. “If only this great one had not swerved from the path of dharma, not even Indra could equal him. What a form, what radiance, what strength! Trusting to the boon he had secured, he took to wicked ways and has lost his happiness and forfeited his greatness.”
(C. Rajgopalachari; Ramayana; Chap LVII, Lanka in flames; P369)
So true… Power without righteousness or dharma corrupts us… Ravana is a symbol of how one could pull oneself so low if carried away by ego.
- Rahul
There is a very interesting episode when Hanuman ji is goes to Lanka, is captured and brought in front of Ravana. What he sees, is described below:
Clad in silk of golden hue, with the royal crown on his head, the jewels inlaid in it shining brilliantly, Raavana sat there, a figure of dazzling splendour. The whole court was brilliant with shining gold and gems, pearls and silk. His dark body, lit up by the marks of royalty, looked like a great radiant hill.
“Alas!” thought Hanumaan full of anger, wonder and pity. “If only this great one had not swerved from the path of dharma, not even Indra could equal him. What a form, what radiance, what strength! Trusting to the boon he had secured, he took to wicked ways and has lost his happiness and forfeited his greatness.”
(C. Rajgopalachari; Ramayana; Chap LVII, Lanka in flames; P369)
So true… Power without righteousness or dharma corrupts us… Ravana is a symbol of how one could pull oneself so low if carried away by ego.
- Rahul
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