Ramayana Secret : What to know

Winning Mantra from the Ramayana
Trivia
¨ The legend of Ayodhya’s prince Ram who was forced to go exile by his step mother Keikeyi and her attendant Manthara
¨ His wife was kidnapped by demon king Ravana
¨ Ram met monkey general Hanuman who introduced him to his friend Sugreeva
¨ Ram along with Hanuman and Sugreeva attacked Ravana and got back his wife
¨ Ram went back Ayodhya where he was crowned as the king.
¨ Teaches ethics, morality as well as management

The Ramayana
Balkand – Deals with the birth of Ram and his education
Ayodhyakand – Deals with the evil plan which forced Ram’s exile
Aranyakand – Deals with Ram’s journey through Dandaka forests and kidnapping of Sita
Kiskindhakand – Deals with Ram’s friendship with monkey king Sugreeva and killing of his brother Bali
Sunderkand – Dedicated fully to Hanuman and used during his worship. Deals with his adventures across Lanka and burning of Lanka
Yudhkand – Deals with fight of Ram & Ravana
Uttarkand – Deals with crowning ceremony of Ram and his sons followed by the salvation of Sita – Ram.


The dynamic and static behavior
¨ Ram – fully static
Continuously believed in destiny
Whatever I get or lose is due to my destiny (By Lord Ram)
He accepted exile without any objection
He believed in the theory that nothing can be wrong – Whatever happens is for my welfare
Was responsible for tragic acts
Neither heard nor seen nor read anywhere, a golden deer was not even imagined, still Ram went behind him – What a fool!.............................Sage Chanakya
It was wrong for the part of Ram to test for Sita’s purity and banish her just because few foolish courtiers demanded it………………………..Sage Valmiki

¨ Laxman – fully dynamic
Insulted king Janaka in front of whole conference just because Janaka thought earth to be devoid of brave men
Knew that if Ram alone goes to exile, he would be fooled easily, so, joined him in the journey
Utter disbelief in destiny
One who is either coward and powerless or lazy, only such a person believes in the destiny (Lord Laxman)
Did not hesitated in telling the truth even to Sita
If I could have agreed to what Laxman said, I won’t be kidnapped, may that son of Sumitra forgive me. (Goddess Sita)


The divine character of Ravana
¨ Brahma’s lineage
¨ Brahma -> Pulastya -> Vishrava -> Ravana, Kumbhkaran, Vibhishan, Kubera
¨ Ravana – the well versed and skilled Brahmin
¨ I know that Ravana is wiser than Brahma and more powerful than Vishnu himself (Sage Agastya )
¨ His all subjects always satisfied by him
¨ He pleased Shiv by the tremendous amount of devotion
¨ Wrote Tandava stotra which is widely sung during the worship of Shiv
¨ An undefeatable warrior
¨ Unless you accept your own defeat, not even almighty can ever think of defeating you (Lord Ravana )

Then, Why Ravana is considered a demon ?????????????????????????
The thought process
¨ : Ravana was ambitious
Counter Part: What’s wrong in that?
¨ : Ravana was arrogant
Counter Part: Even most of the deities were arrogant
¨ : Ravana was lusty person so, he kidnapped Sita
Counter Part: He did not kidnap Sita to prove his strength or his lust, he just did so as a revenge for laughter of Sita on his fall in a conference
¨ : Ravana was unfortunate in this regard
Is that so?

Did Ravana really wanted to fight?
¨ Had control over all the 3 worlds
¨ No need to fight with a mere human being
¨ Still fought for his reputation in society
¨ Physically fought but mentally blessed Ram for his victory
¨ Ravana’s army = 12.193 x 1034 brave demons
¨ Ram’s army = 18.0005 x 1032 monkeys
¨ All demons were skilled and had terrible powers with them
¨ Most of the monkeys (Except Sugreeva, Hanuman, Angad, Nal and Neela) were powerless and coward.




How Lord Ram won
¨ Let’s think out of the box
¨ Insufficient resources, dangerous opponent – how to cope up?
¨ Such situations always arise during our day – to – day life
¨ We need team force, drive, determination, wits and intelligence to accomplish all this
¨ How Ramayana teaches that?
¨ Let’s analyze them one by one
1. Team force
¨ Monkeys divided to search for Sita
¨ Ram knew that Hanuman could do it so gave him a ring
¨ Ram told him to show his powers to Ravana
¨ Then Hanuman succeeded in searching Sita
¨ He showed his powers by burning Lanka
¨ After knowing this, Ram himself embraced him
¨ All monkeys supported Ram for the fight
Result: Have right persons assigned for the right task

2. Wits & intelligence
¨ Vibhishan told Ravana that he is wrong
¨ Ravana banished him & told him to meet Ram
¨ Vibhishan agreed & went away
¨ Ram made him king and said, “Now, you are illegal king. To be the official king, tell me how to kill Ravana”
¨ Vibhishan agreed & told the ways to kill Ravana
¨ Ram succeeded in killing Ravana
Results: Never let anybody explore your secrets

3. Ravana’s spies
¨ Ravana sent Shuka & Sharana to investigate Ram
¨ They were recognized by Vibhishan
¨ Ram did not kill them but behaved in a friendly manner
¨ Spies went back & kept praising Ram’s army
¨ This demoralized Ravana
¨ Even Malyavan (Ravana’s maternal grandfather) praised Ram & his monkeys
Results: Must know how to turn enemies into friends
4. Ravana’s powers
¨ Used many illusionary powers
¨ Fired many deadly weapons
¨ Still all undone by Ram
¨ Ravana sent many demons to kill Ram
¨ Demons tried their best to defeat Ram
¨ Meghnad managed to make Ram cry
¨ Ram’s tears demoralized the monkeys
¨ Still monkeys never lost their confidence
Results: Never lose confidence & remain an optimist
5. Who saved Ram ?
¨ Hanuman – the most powerful emissary
¨ The actual hero of Ramayana
¨ Even Ravana praised him
¨ I know that Ram & Laxman are half dead without Sita, you (Angad) & Sugreeva have mutual enmity & Nal & Neela know about building bridges (they know nothing about fighting). However, There is 1 monkey named as Hanuman who is really powerful and he frightened me. (Lord Ravana )
Results: Have such members who are capable of frightening enemy

6. Drive & determination
¨ Though there were mere monkeys, demons were afraid from them
¨ A monkey is capable of burning entire Lanka, can you imagine what harm can entire army do (Malyavan, Ravana’s grandfather )
¨ Ravana was left alone, still he fought with monkeys
¨ Ram cut his heads but Ravana – still alive
¨ Vibhishan told the ways to kill Ravana
Results : Have trustworthy men with you so that enemy is dead

7. FINALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT TEACHING NECESSARY FOR ALL
¨ Hanuman went to search for Sita
¨ He met Sita & gave her a ring
¨ Then he decided to eat fruits
¨ He destroyed the entire forest
¨ All the demons went to kill him
¨ Demons were killed instead
¨ Ravana’s son Aksha also died
¨ Still Ravana laughed at Hanuman when the latter entered inside
¨ Paid by getting his whole city (Lanka) burned
Results: Never underestimate anybody
8. WHY Not to Underestimate?
¨ If you underestimate your friends
They lose trust in you
Try to behave like enemies
Friendship gets broken
¨ If you underestimate your enemies
Case same as that of Ravana & Hanuman
Ravana ruined for that decision

9. Quick revision at a glance
¨ Have right persons assigned for the right task
¨ Never let anybody explore your secrets
¨ Must know how to turn enemies to friends
¨ Never lose confidence & remain an optimist
¨ Have such members who are capable of frightening enemy
¨ Have trustworthy men so that enemy is dead
¨ Never underestimate anybody

After the battle
¨ Vibhishan crowned as the king
¨ Ram went back to Ayodhya along with Sita, Laxman, Hanuman etc.
¨ He was crowned as the king
¨ Ram – rajya still considered the most sacred kingdom
¨ Ram even banished Sita just because his kingdom demanded
¨ Sita gave birth to 2 twins – Luv & Kush
¨ Ram did Ashwamedha whose horse was taken by Luv & Kush
¨ Later on Ram’s men got the horse back
11. In the end
¨ Luv & Kush sung Ramayana
¨ Ram wanted to see their mother
¨ Sita was called back
¨ To prove her chastity, she went straight to earth
¨ 10,000 years later, Ram told Laxman to depart
¨ Then, Ram himself went to finish his life
¨ Whole Ayodhya followed him
¨ Vibhishan & Hanuman became immortals so, are alive till pralaya


Please Do not investigate further that what was the history. The things is to learn a lesson and applied in our daily life, some mistake that was done by our ancinet people .let we do't repeate the same mistake agian and agian !

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Vikas Arora