There are the main story-lines, trivial lessons from Ramayana and Mahabharatha that a lot of us are aware of (or have access to). However, there are subtleities, small instances that barely make it to the main story anywhere, but are probably equally interesting in terms of the takeaways. This blog is an attempt to capture such things, thanks to the re-telecast of Ramayan and Mahabharat, taking everyone down the memory lane.
1. Beyond the boundaries ?
Lord Sri Rama is known as the epitome of great behaviour. Raja Dasharatha, with a heavy heart sends his sons, Rama and Lakshmana at the tender age of 16 to serve and follow the orders of sage Vishwamitra in his quest to protect his yagna (sacrificial fire) from the demonic forces. Lakshmana, inseperable from Rama follows him in this daunting task. Rama ensures that the Yagna goes into completion by killing the demonic Tataka, her son Subahu. Another demon Maricha escapes (well, this is going to be a key for a later stage episode). Rama and Lakshmana are taken to the kingdom of Mithila by sage Vishwamitra, where Rama wins a lot of hearts and an alliance with Sita. Dasharatha and his family are equally elated by the news and head to Mithila for the grand wedding. As they arrive at the kingdom, an excited young Lakshmana tells Rama that he can't wait to meet them and they should go and meet their family immediately. With utmost calmness, Rama responds that they are bound to follow the orders of sage Vishwamitra at the moment and must wait for his instructions, rather than meeting them on their own. Vishwamitra who hears this is as impressed by the obiedience and dutifullness of Rama and takes them to meet their family.
How many of us have the sense of committment shown by Lord Rama? How many of us are ready to hold our excitement and not cross a boundary so thin? True, this isn't an ideal world. Breaking rules and boundaries does really seem exciting. However, there are moments where we should remain dutiful, committed and that is going to make a great difference to the society at large.
2. Who will marry you?
The Pandava brothers, along with their mother Kunti escape from the 'Palace of wax' (that was setup by Duryodhana to kill them) and decide to take shelter in a jungle. Bheema is awake and vigilant, while all the others are asleep, tired from the day's proceedings. It so happened that the place they chose to rest was close to the abode of a demon named Hidimba. The powers of the demons grow multifold in the dark and Hidimba, who was craving for human meat, senses this an an opportunity. He tells his younger sister Hidimbi to fetch them and kill them so that they can feast on their flesh and blood. Hidimbi reluctantly tells him that she doesn't like human meat. Instantaneously Hidimba replies : "If you don't eat human meat, who is going to marry you?".
The phrase "If you don't __________ , who will marry you?" is not a new thing, it has been present since ages! How many times in our lives have we come across this ?
(Hidimba is killed by Bheema. Hidimbi falls in love with Bheema, marries him and gives birth to a child - Ghatodgacha, who goes on to play a crucial role later in the battle of Kurukshetra).
1. Beyond the boundaries ?
Lord Sri Rama is known as the epitome of great behaviour. Raja Dasharatha, with a heavy heart sends his sons, Rama and Lakshmana at the tender age of 16 to serve and follow the orders of sage Vishwamitra in his quest to protect his yagna (sacrificial fire) from the demonic forces. Lakshmana, inseperable from Rama follows him in this daunting task. Rama ensures that the Yagna goes into completion by killing the demonic Tataka, her son Subahu. Another demon Maricha escapes (well, this is going to be a key for a later stage episode). Rama and Lakshmana are taken to the kingdom of Mithila by sage Vishwamitra, where Rama wins a lot of hearts and an alliance with Sita. Dasharatha and his family are equally elated by the news and head to Mithila for the grand wedding. As they arrive at the kingdom, an excited young Lakshmana tells Rama that he can't wait to meet them and they should go and meet their family immediately. With utmost calmness, Rama responds that they are bound to follow the orders of sage Vishwamitra at the moment and must wait for his instructions, rather than meeting them on their own. Vishwamitra who hears this is as impressed by the obiedience and dutifullness of Rama and takes them to meet their family.
How many of us have the sense of committment shown by Lord Rama? How many of us are ready to hold our excitement and not cross a boundary so thin? True, this isn't an ideal world. Breaking rules and boundaries does really seem exciting. However, there are moments where we should remain dutiful, committed and that is going to make a great difference to the society at large.
2. Who will marry you?
The Pandava brothers, along with their mother Kunti escape from the 'Palace of wax' (that was setup by Duryodhana to kill them) and decide to take shelter in a jungle. Bheema is awake and vigilant, while all the others are asleep, tired from the day's proceedings. It so happened that the place they chose to rest was close to the abode of a demon named Hidimba. The powers of the demons grow multifold in the dark and Hidimba, who was craving for human meat, senses this an an opportunity. He tells his younger sister Hidimbi to fetch them and kill them so that they can feast on their flesh and blood. Hidimbi reluctantly tells him that she doesn't like human meat. Instantaneously Hidimba replies : "If you don't eat human meat, who is going to marry you?".
The phrase "If you don't __________ , who will marry you?" is not a new thing, it has been present since ages! How many times in our lives have we come across this ?
(Hidimba is killed by Bheema. Hidimbi falls in love with Bheema, marries him and gives birth to a child - Ghatodgacha, who goes on to play a crucial role later in the battle of Kurukshetra).
Very nice Shashank! If you can add some relevant photo images which matches the context. It will be even better :)
ReplyDeleteWe face this situation more frequently than we think, and lot of times in the excitement we tend not to care about how it affects others too. Really something we should think about.
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