Shri Ram made a Shivlinga (symbol of
Shiva) on the sea beach and worshipped Shiva. Some get confused since Ram is
God too.
Sri Ram was God himself, taking an
"avatar" to teach humans how to live. Worshipping God is part of that
teaching as well.
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Shri Ram performed Puja while his
army built the giant bridge.
Associating a great work with a noble
cause is a great motivator. Productivity will rise if employees know that their
employer is a noble person/entity.
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Ravan made his people believe
"all is well" through dance performences. Hitler and all dictators
play it cool too, to show they are in command.
Contra was done by PM Modi today when
he spoke in empty room through a mask. Since he believes only fear can save
people now.
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Ravan was over-confident. And
Mandodari was over-panicking.
Whoever said "opposites
attract" did not think that sometimes opposites also drain each other out.
***
In Ravan's court, Indrajeet is
sharing his own opinions but still empathizing with, respecting and agreeing to
Ravan.
Indrajeet is an arrogant
over-confident person too; still he is able to maintain the fine balance since
he respects Ravan.
***
Listening to how Ravan is giving
military commands, it is clear that he is a War Veteran and his army is Battle
Ready.
I am worried that for long time,
Indian Army has not taken part into real wars. Hence Supreme Court is inducting
women into it.
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The way Vibhishan is guiding Ram and
his army, it is clear that he is 'Master Mind'. Had he chosen to play 'double
game', Ram's army would have been trapped and completely destroyed.
We should never make our entire
strategy based on one man's mind
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Shri Ram has such a pleasant
personality that we tend to forget that he is a Prince and well versed in
Military affairs.
But the moment he changes his tone
and gives command, we get goose bumps. Jai Shri Ram!
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There is no better War Cry
than "Har Har Mahadev!"
To the believers it gives an
adrenaline rush like nothing else and to the enemies it terrifies and shrinks
their hearts like fearful lambs.
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It pains to see young Angad being
sent as messenger to enemy camp so near to the war. In today's times it can be
said that he was sent because he was "expendable".
Yet Shri Ram gave everyone a chance
to be hero. It was Angad's chance to be a Hero.
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Persuading Ravan to surrender and
return Sita looks like an absurd idea. Ravan was known to be a great warrior
who had even defeated Indra.
It seems the persuasions are more to
send a message to public to explain difference between right Vs wrong.
***
Seems what Angad did was playing to
his "own strength". E.g. if he fought Indrajit in archery, he would
have got defeated like Hanuman ji had.
Playing to one's own strenth, one can
defeat even much stronger competitors.
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Like Ram wanted to show life of an
"ideal man"; Sita ji was also teaching how to be an "ideal
wife".
Alas, today's modern women have
learnt more from American women than from Sita. I am sure they would be finding
Sita and Mandodri regressive.
***
Kaikei may be a better role model as
per today's feminist morality.
Kaikei took part in wars (men's
domain), made her own demands (her life, her choice) and made her husband
suffer (feminism's 'nirvana').
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Gada is a weapon of ancient Hindu
Gods.
Do you know that Gada originated in
India? During wars, the strongest warriors in the army would use Gada as it
needed high strength apart from skill.
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Ravan's idea to have 1:1 fight with
Ram to settle it should be appreciated. Ram should have taken the offer.
Everyone on Ram's side kept
"insulting" Ravan. But now Ravan has easily defeated Sugreev and
Lakshman. Actions speak louder than words!
***
Seems just killing Ravan was not
Ram's idea. That would have been temp relief.
Idea was to openly establish what is
right and what is wrong; hence public humiliation and insults to Ravan. And Ram
wanted to kill all other incorrigible Rakshasas too.
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Kumbhkarn worshipped his elder bro
and gave up his life for him. Same for Lakshman.
In Indian culture, elder bros are
fatherly figures. They also treat younger bros like sons.
It was not so in Muslim dynasties
where bros killed bros for throne.
I have read that in medieval Islamic
dynasties, there was no such rule that elder brother would inherit the throne.
Hence as per custom, brothers would
fight and the one who killed or chased most others would become the king. Even
if he was the youngest brother.
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Kumbhkarn followed his family dharma
by remaining loyal to his brother. He would die with satisfaction.
Vibhishan got his brother killed. He
will live entire life with regret.
Vibhishan should have quit Ravan but
should not have got him killed.
***
Vibhishan wanted to rule Lanka with
dharma; hence he gave up loyalty to his family.
But he forgot that he was not
immortal. In a few years a new barbaric king could reign and Adharm could
return. So was his disloyalty and blemish worth it?
But if brothers start killing
brothers, entire society would collapse. Hence I think Vibhishan was wrong. He
should have just abandoned Ravan but should not have got him killed like that.
Sri Ram would have found a way to kill Ravan on his own.
***
If he looks funny, if he sounds
funny, then he must be funny, right? Kumbhkarn was not your regular funny guy.
All epics show some complex
characters who are neither 100% good nor all bad. Reflecting on those, we can
get some useful insights.
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Ravan was an unparalleled victorious
king. His sons and brothers were great warriors. His capital was made of Gold
i.e. he was very rich. Still, he met his end.
If God is not with someone, all his
material wealth and powers can't help him.
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If Ram wanted, he could have got Sita
back without a war. E.g. a flying monkey warrior or a secret airplane could
have brought her back.
But it seems he used this opportunity
to fulfill his plan to eliminate all Rakshas from this earth.
***
Ravan had an intelligence failure.
It was a blunder to keep a
"saintly" Rakshasi like Trijata to guard Sita.
***
Can't see Vibhishan fighting yet. He
is just busy revealing Ravan's secrets and guiding Ram. Seems he planned to get
the throne without fighting.
Similarly, employees with poor
technical skills often indulge in office politics to get promotions.
***
In childhood, these flying arrows
with animated sparks around those looked so fascinating!
After growing up, these arrows still
look fascinating!
***
It seems "sledging" during
Cricket is inspired from wars during Ramayan!
Everyone is chiding others before and
during fighting!
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Seems Ravan and Ram had a personal
issue. Lakshman insulted Ravan's sister, Ravan abducted Ram's wife. Crimes are
personal in nature. Why should there be a full fledged war between two armies?
There should have been 1:1 contest to settle the matter.
***
Shri Ram watching the war from
sidelines while monkey warriors and Rakshas killed each other is not a good
scene.
It still seems that there should have
been only a 1:1 fight between Ravan and Ram. Innocent monkeys and rakshas did
not need to die.
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Use of Brahmastra is being shown
lightly. But I have read that Brahmastra was like Nuclear Weapon, it would not
only kill the target but would do widespread destruction. Hence it was used
only when all other options failed.
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Warriors are invoking divine weapons
and using those. To earn those weapons they had done immense tapas earlier.
Tells we can have power only if we do
enough sacrifices to earn those. Nothing comes for free. Except free power in
Delhi upto Rs 800.
***
So many innocent folks died just
because Sita ji wanted her pet deer. Just because Surpnakha could not control
her lust. Just because Kaikei was too greedy. Just because Manthra was allowed
to counsel a queen.
***
It was Lakshman ji who harmed
Surpnakha, but Ravan took revenge on Ram.
Why?
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Shri Ram did not have kids yet.
Perhaps he won't understand Ravan's plight.
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Meghnad is so loyal. His parents
would be proud of him. From their point of view.
***
Actor playing role of Meghnad should
get national award for best acting. His
only competitor seems to be actor playing Sugreev.
***
I remember I was impressed with
Meghnad even during childhood.
Despite his birth based
circumstances, he was brave, loyal, family man, strategist, and confident. He
was almost Kshatriya like. He was even handsom; did not have bad
hair/moustache.
***
Looking at the war, it is clear that
Ram's army had decided to kill all enemies and take no prisoners.
Options: Ravan's sons could have been
defeated but let go, or cut their hand and let go, or capture them alive and
bargain for Sita's exchange.
***
All sons and brothers of Ravan are
dying. But Surpnakha is missing from the scene. Why is she not fighting the
war? If women were not allowed in war, she could have disguised herself as a
man and gone to fight it. After all, she started it all.
***
I read: Surpanakha is not mentioned
in the Ramayan again and Valmiki does not comment on her eventual fate. But
perhaps she would have continued to live at her brother Vibhishan's court, when
he succeeded Ravan as King of Lanka."
***
Whenever an army comes out of Lanka's
Main Gate, it appears as if villagers are running away after looting free stuff
from Rahul Gandhi's "Khaat Pe Charcha" rally.
***
It seems people during Ramayan times
did not know any 'gaalis', otherwise there would have been many 'beeps' while
Lakshman and Meghnad challenged each other.
***
Hanuman ji acted like an Opener in a
Cricket match who got out quickly. Now he is not removing his gloves and pads
and watching the next batsman hit boundaries with eagerness. "Maar Kohli,
maar!": Rohit Sharma.
***
Lakshman ji was the first famous
person who went on 'coma'. Pray, get well soon
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Meghnad says that a son's dharma is
to serve his father. Kumbhkarn says a brother's dharma is to serve his elder
brother. There is no problem if a man serves another man. But the moment a
woman says it is her duty to serve a man, be it her father or husband, it
becomes offensive.
***
Meghnad is an underrated character of
Ramayan. He looks like an ideal son.
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If Dashrath did a mistake, Shri Ram
would just obey him without questioning him. On the other hand, Meghnad would
counsel him and suggest. Though if needed, he would even give up his life for
father.
Meghnad is an alternative model of an
ideal son.
***
Divine weapons declined to hurt
Lakshman even if Meghnad used those against him. It is "not fair"
from Meghnad's point of view. If Shri Ram and Lakshman had to not play within
the rules of the game (nature), why all this drama of war etc?
***
Meghnad did not do any crime but got
punished. So did Kumbhkarn and other warriors of Lanka.
This is why the "leader"
should always be ethical and wise. Otherwise a mad king can get everyone
destroyed.
***
Entire Lanka is getting destroyed
just because Sita ji was held captive there. Why did not they, including
Mandodri and 'Nanaji', try to set Sita free or send her off secretely so that
the root cause of their destruction could be eliminated?
***
When Ravan says, "Nana ji",
it seems something is wrong. How could a person like Ravan say something so
cute.
Human expectations are like that - we
expext bad people to be totally evil and good people to be totally flawless.
This is "human bias".
***
Ravan became unconscious and his
sarathi took him away. When he wakes up, he returns to fight. But Shri Ram
calls him a coward and accuses him of running away from the war; which was not
true. This part of the "script" is weak, Ramanand Sagar Sir.
***
Jamwant attacked Ravan while he was
fighting with Vibhishan. This must not be as per "dharma". But
everyone would look the other way because he is part of the "good
guys" team.
***
Whenever Ravan's army comes out of
Lanka's main gate, it seems loafers are running out of a quarantine facility.
And the monkey warriors start fighting them immediately. War breaks out even
when the main gate is still open!
***
Vibhishan never dreamt of defeating
Ravan and hence never dared to fight him earlier. Now he picks up Gada and goes
to fight when he sees Shri Ram taking arrow aimed at him. It is an early
example of "guilt trip".
***
It seems "shields" were not
yet discovered during Ramayan days, otherwise Shri Ram need not come before
Vibhishan to save him. Perhaps because both bow & arrows and Gada engaged
both hands and hence no hand was free to hold a Shield.
***
After day's war is over, Lanka's
soldiers are once again running towards the main gate in exaxtly the same
manner they came out of it in the morning. Seems there is good arrangement of
tasty food inside.
***
Before this, Shri Ram had killed
Tadaka who was female. Hanuman killed Simhika, female shadow-demon. In
Mahabharat also, Shri Krishn had killed Putana. Evil has no specific gender.
And Ravan would care least about gender before killing someone.
***
When Ravan decides to kill Sita to
end the cause of the war, an old guy asks him not to do it since women were
"avadhya" (non-killable) as per "dharma" and Ravan abandons
the idea. As if Ravan really cared about Dharma! This is perhaps weak script.
***
Ravan says that only a King should
give punishment to others and Ram was not authorized since he was living life
of a Tapaswi.
Modern law would tell that Ravan was
correct and Shri Ram should have filed an FIR instead of taking law in his
hands.
***
Ultimately it has come to a 1:1
battle between Shri Ram and Ravan. Seems all others died for nothing.
***
All Rakshasas and villains keep
laughing aloud as if they are very happy. Their laughter is a symbol of their
arrogance.
Earlier PM Modi had joked at
Congress's Renuka Chowdhury that "Since Ramayan show, we heard this kind
of laughter only today".
***
Ravan is dead. Whole world is safer
now. More than that the law is established that Evil should be destroyed.
***
Vibhishan is telling us that we
should say nice things to evil people only after killing them.
***
Vibhishan is crying like an evil
woman who would torture her husband until he is alive, but the moment he dies
she will start crying and saying nice things about him.
***
The amount of footage our TV serial
has given to Vibhishan seems unnecessary. It is distracting. 50% of our focus
is wasted on a Rakshasa named Vibhishan. Main focus should have been on Shri
Ram.
***
It seems Malyavan "Nanaji"
was waiting for this moment. He seems fully prepared for Ravan to die so that
he could surrender and save his own life.
***
It seems there was no
"democracy" in those times. Who should be the king of Lanka was
decided by a foreign power Shri Ram.
***
Vibhishan is a role model for
"dhongi" people. How can he cry like this when he wanted this so much
for many years and had worked so hard to get to this day?
***
Ravan's effigy is burnt every year so
that people are reminded that evil needs to be destroyed.
Evil should not be allowed to die a
natural death because then evil's evil children will continue to rule. Evil
needs to be stopped now, ASAP.
***
Lakshman ji did
"Rajyabhishek" of Vibhishan as well as Sugreev. Not Shri Ram.
Tells that devotees of Ram (God) have
to do much of the good work themselves. God does things by the hands of
devotees.
***
Sita ji is frozen after hearing the
good news. Sometimes you wait for something for whole life and when it comes,
you don't know how to react!
***
It may look like Shri Ram has saved
Sita, but it can also be understood that Sita ji has also saved Shri Ram. Her
very "faith" would have inspired Shri Ram to do impossible
tasks. Metamorphosis of a Prince into
God.
***
Sita ji and so many sages and saints
were saved because of their "faith". If they did not keep faith, Shri
Ram would have just passed by and they won't have recognized him and would
never get saved. Hence it said that faith can move mountains.
***
The fire ritual (Agnipariksha) was a
symbolic ritual to show the power of a 'Sati' woman. That such a woman becomes
so divine due to purity of her soul that she can do impossible tasks like
walking in fire.
***
Some egoists quote "Aham
Brahmasmi" to prove that they are also God. But Shri Ram who is God, is
saying that he is "manav". It is humility.
***
Dashrath ji is now taking back his
"shraap" (curse) on Kaikeyi. Logically, if he could take his curse
back then he could also have taken his boon ("vardaan") given to
Kaikeyi back earlier!
***
After winning two states, Shri Ram is
now returning to his home state. He had that clarity and control.
In Game of Thrones on the other hand,
after winning key battles, good queen Daenerys decided to go on further; and
became "Mad Queen".
***
Bharat ji had done no crime. But he
suffered every moment in guilt for 14 years. Sometimes children have to suffer
due to bad Karma of their parents.
***
Shri Ram's footware were kept as a
symbol by Bharat so that Ram can be the symbolic King while Bharat acted as a
trustee.
During #ShaheenBaghProtests, the
women also symbolically left their footware at the protest site when they
couldn't continue.
***
Widows of Dashrath ji are wearing all
white clothes; white being symbol of purity as well as grief. But today, except
in villages, Hindu widows can be seen wearing colored dresses. If they are
young, they can also remarry and make fun.
***
Valmiki Ramayan ends after Shri Ram's
coronation. The later part called "Uttar Ramayan" is a later addition
and it has all the controversial but not real parts like Sita's exile or
Shambuk vadh.
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