Rama was the ideal royal administrator of any time on this earth. One day, he expressed to conduct the Ashwamedha Yajna with his brothers, Lakshmana and Bharata, as per the decisions of the council of his advisors. Then, the brothers desired to know the effectiveness of the Ashwamedha yajna and fruitfulness after its completion. Many Rishis had visited Rama and he had acquired great experiences. In order to convince them, a live incident had been narrated by Rama as follows:
Rama was the incarnation of God Maha Vishnu. He had born as the son of king Dasharatha and queen Kausalya at Ayodhya. The history pertains to Treta Yuga. When Rama had completed his basic education under the tutorship of sage Vasishta, another sage, Vishwamitra, had appeared in the court of king Dasharatha and demanded Rama be his apprentice. Vishwamitra had a well-built body; he was also a one-time notorious king. But he decided, in his later life, the knowledge regarding the science of fighting and ability for killing should be abandoned and hence acted as a sage, a propagator of peace. Hence he taught the martial sciences to Rama, where his brother Lakshmana also intended to do his internship with him.
Ramayana and Mahabharata are great Indian epics. They have been written in Sanskrit language but translations are available in many languages, throughout the world. Each and every character of the epics had fulfilled their assigned roles during their lifetime and returned to heaven or hell according to their accumulated virtues or sins. Some of the souls could not return from this universe but their physical body had been disbursed into the five fundamental items, namely, earth, fire, water, air and sky.
Later, when God appeared in this world as incarnation, like God Rama or Krishna, they had trans granted such souls onto the appropriate end targets, generally in to the heaven. But there are certain relaxations to some persons. The services of Hanuman and Vibhishana were always found necessary in this universe by God Rama. Hence they had been granted uncountable span of life, to live always in this world, exhibiting their own desired choice of physical forms. Hanuman and Vibhishana were called Chiranjeevis of this world after Ramayana. There are five more Chiranjeevis:
अश्वत्थामा बलिर्व्यासो हनुमांश्च विभीषणः । कृपः परशुरामश्च सप्तैते चिरजीविनः ॥
Angada was the son of Vali in Ramayana. Both Vali, the father of Angada, and Sugriva, his brother, were orphan children and brought up by Anusuya and Gauthama Rishi in their Ashram. Later, Sugriva and Vali had been adopted by Vriksharaja of Kishkindha. They became happy in that new land, after they were taken over by Vriksharaja. Vali had married Tara, the daughter of physician, Sushena, and Angada was their lone son. When Vali was killed by Rama, Angada was crowned as the prince of Kishkindha and Sugriva had become the king of that country.
Ramayana contained many subjects useful to human life. Originally, the verses were written by Valmiki Maharshi for teaching the children Lava and Kusha. The epic had been presented by him for the use of mankind later. At any time, to regularize the problems of life and to solve them as a reader would be possible after reading it. Researches had been done by the Indian Rishis in the field of dreams, realities and their mutual relevance and the necessities of such dreams also, centuries back. In Ramayana, dreams are referred many times and a few cases could be read as follows, for our knowledge. One must get some benefit by reading Ramayana.
In Ramayana, Mainda and Dwividha were monkeys. The area north from Prasravana Mountain and south from Godavary River, in India was the free moving zone of monkeys and called as Kishkindha. The main palace called Kishkindha palace was occupied by the Monkey King Sugriva and Angada was ruling as the forest prince, since his father was killed in a war.
Rama and Lakshmana moved towards the stream Pampa and they had seen the Mountain Rishyamukha. Hanuman greeted them and introduced to Sugriva and then Rama and Sugriva entered into a treaty to be friends and help mutually. Rama killed Vali and then told Sugriva to coronate Angada as the prince of Kishkindha. Then Angada was crowned as the prince of that country, of monkeys, and crowned Sugriva as the King of Kishkindha. However, Hanuman had requested Rama to come into the Kishkindha Palace, for gracing the occasion of coronation of Angada as prince. Rama thought and told him, about his vow, not to enter any village, town or city, as to keep up his promise, done before his father, but to spend fourteen years in the forest, avoiding entry into any village or city.
In Ramayana, Ayomukhi and Kabandha were demons. The area north of Lanka and south of Kosala in India was the free moving zone of demons. The main forest area called Dandakaranya was occupied by the fierce demons, and Maricha was ruling as the forest king in charge, since his nephew Kumbhakarna was sleeping then. He was the maternal uncle of Ravana. Janasthana was the capital of Dandakaranya. It was having road access, south up to River Godavary and north up to River Ganga. Then, the hermit of Rama was very near to Janasthana, from where Sita was abducted by Ravana. He was assisted by Maricha but then, killed by the arrow of Rama. Since Sita was untraceable, they deserted their hermit and started to move, searching towards southern side.
Sugriva was generally known as the younger brother of Vali in Ramayana. Both Sugriva and Vali were orphans and brought up by Anusuya and Gauthama Rishi in their Ashram. Since they were orphans, they felt free on holidays and caused mischievous plays in the Ashram of Gautham Rishi. One day, Vriksharaja, the king of Kishkindha, from the kingdom of monkeys, came to the Ashram of Gautham Rishi, and sought these children, for adoption as he was childless then. Gauthama Rishi thought it might be better, to convert Sugriva and Vali as monkeys and offer them to Vriksharaja for their better future prospectus. Since Kishkindha was very rich in fruits and natural seeds, they became happy in the new land, after they were taken over by Vriksharaja.
God Rama is the most adored character of the epic Ramayana. When Sita was abducted, both Rama and Lakshmana didn’t know who had done such a sinful and heinous action. They searched for Sita but couldn’t get success on the first day. The author of Ramayana, Valmiki Maharshi knew that Goddess Sita was accommodated at Ashokavana of Lanka. Sita was untraceable by Lakshmana, and when Lakshmana was about to feel depressed and Rama was about to be tied with grief, Valmiki Maharshi didn’t like to write such verses, as he thought, those words need not be experienced by his children Lava and Kusha. Here lies the greatest poetic capacity of Valmiki Maharshi. He gradually narrated the events, inserting some top secrets into the scientific approach of thinking, by Rama, and Lakshmana and thus wrote the thoughtful, sensitive events, with agreeable words in verses. The great sage, scribbled in Sanskrit, making it crazier to the children Lava and Kusha or to anybody who happened to read Ramayana in this universe at any time.
These sensitive verses are available in the seventy second sarga of Aranyakanda in the original Valmiki Ramayana. The narration regarding the crazy story, explaining the secrets of such words would be available in the upcoming article titled ‘Ayomukhi and Kabandha in Ramayana‘.
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