RamaayaN by Valmiki -13
MadanMohan Tarun
What this war was for?
This was not a war only
for the rescue of a woman named Sita from Ravan. If at all it had involved only
a wife of someone, it certainly had not constituted such type of cooperation of
high souls at such a large scale. The
physical Sita had turned into a symbol of those who were forcefully deprived
from the rights of living respectful life with their heads high and to chose
their own way of life without interfering in others individuality.
It was a war against
the supremacy of physical force and devil mind operate by its own whims.
It was a war which took
place to reestablish the powers of values and virtues over his anarchy of a
whimsical mind which took others only a thing to be used.
Valmiki’s Ram is such a
sensitive personality who reacts sharply where he finds others genuine rights
in danger. He killed Vaali or injustice one by him to Sugreeva. Vaali not only
debarred Sugreeva from all his rights only, but he also took away his wife for
his own bed, forcefully.
Ram accepted Vibhishan,
younger brother of Ravan, easily who did not agree to bow down before
Ravanness.
… If this was not a war
supported by high and natural values, it would have been impossible even for
Hanuman to take such an unprecedented jump across the ocean;
..Constructing a bridge
over the ocean would just have been a nonsense talk;
…carrying a huge part
of a mountain from Kailas to Lanka to save Laxman by Hanuman was not possible if the war was
not supported by strongest possible determination to finish the rule of evil
forces which made others life impossible only for their pleasure;
…Sita is the symbol of
unbending strength of character. She never recognized threatening of Ravan
inspite of her being alone in Lanka;
..she could have gone
back to Lanka sitting on the back of Hanuman, comfortably, but she chose to
wait till Ram himself came to Lanka to finish the regime of terror in Lanka;
Ram is a great leader
with deep insight and wisdom with unparallel strength of moral and physical
capabilities to implement his determination over the powers of evil. He
inspired his followers by his own examples. He had accepted exile for fourteen
years only to save the respect of words of his father given to his younger
mother Kaikeyee, who wanted Bharat, her own son to be the King of Ayodhya. Bharat
never respected her choice and waited for his elder brother Ram for all the
fourteen years to hand over his empire back.
Laxman, the younger
brother of Ram, chose to go with Ram to jungle for all fourteen years as he
never agreed with his father action. These are the great examples of strength
of character which itself becomes a source of inspiration.
Hanuman is the most
illustrious character of RamaayaN. Valmiki has covered maximum space to draw
his impossible deeds. He is the son of God- wind. He is a scholar. He is wise.
He is the ocean of strength. He is a loyal and dependable friend. He was
offered a high ministerial post by Vaali, after depriving Sugreeva from all his
rights and prohibited his entry into his territory; hanuman chose to be with
Sugreeva. He always takes side of justice and goodness.
Hanuman achieved the
status of God and worshipped by countless .He is immortal and many people claim
o have seen him, including me.
Ravan stands nowhere in
comparison to these personalities.
Ravan was a great warrior.
He was a great scholar and poet who wrote a great poem like ‘Shiva – Tandava
which is still liked by appreciators of great poetry. It is still recited in
many Shiva temples daily with great respect. Ravan had mighty brothers like
Kumbhakarn and wise brother like Vibhishan and a son like Meghanaad, famous as
Indrajit. He had a charming wife like Mandodari. His mighty army was
unbeatable, but he was finished by monkeys and bears for he was virtueless,
mean minded, cruel and a tyrant.
The story of RamaayaN passes
through many difficult turnings , at several important occasions even action of Ram is highly questionable but
he does it everything objectively to re- establish high values at all costs.
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