रामो विग्रहवान् धर्मस्साधुस्सत्यपराक्रमः। राजा सर्वस्य लोकस्य देवानां मघवानिव “राम is धर्म incarnate. He is साधु. His पराक्रम is driven by सत्य. He is Raja of all the लोक like इंद्र to the देवता” The above words are not by someone who is a friend of राम. These are words of मारीच to रावण conveyed when … Continue reading वालि वध – Why did Rama kill Vali?

This blog explores two prosperous cities in the रामायण viz अयोध्या and लंका. The description of अयोध्या was when दशरथ ruled the city while रावण ruled लंका. Let us begin with अयोध्या has described by वाल्मीकि in the 6th सर्ग of this इतिहास: The people of the city were happy, धर्मात्मा, learned in all स्रुति, … Continue reading Comparison between अयोध्या (Ayodhya) and लंका (Lanka)

भरत reaches out to राम who was staying at चित्रकूट during his vanavasa. After a long journey, before भरत begins to talk (owing to huge amount of emotion in meeting his brother), राम starts the conversation by asking him as to why भरत was running the राज्य. राम asks a long list of questions on … Continue reading Rules of Governance – As per Ramayana (रामायण)

पुण्य कर्म takes us to स्वर्ग लोक. पुण्य कर्म gives us joy. पाप कर्म takes us to नरक लोक. Suffering happens either on account of पाप कर्म done now or in the past (including past lives). Equally, for people resorting to certain kinds of prohibited कर्म, consequences will certainly be severe – whether now or … Continue reading Ethics/ Moral Standards within रामायण

ॐ श्री गुरुभ्यो नम: ॐ श्री मात्रे नमः Thanks to Sri Shanmukha Samaveda Sarma lectures on वाल्मीकि रामायण which are available on Youtube, many aspects aspects of this इतिहास are in public domain. Since the lectures are in Telugu, this blog will take up select aspects of this great text and put them for interest … Continue reading Purpose of रामायण (Ramayana) and why did the curse of वाल्मीकि (Valmiki) become sacred?

Why bother about characters from an ancient myth that is fictional in nature? People who approach रामायण as a fictional fairly-tale story like Harry Potter – to such "wise" people, I will merely say नमो नमः!!!!! My only request to them is to refrain from sharing their "wise" opinion about the "fictional" characters of राम … Continue reading Knowing रावण