The Legend Of Sri Rama

Rama , not just a name ,an emotion , the 7th incarnation  of Sree Vishnu, the sustainer of this world . More often than not he is looked down upon for various reasons but most often he is forgotten for what he stood for, the freedom he had within , he was lord unto himself but why is it that he is remembered just to kill Ravana? What makes him god-like? Why is he reverred in this culture ? This blog follows up with the same. Dashrata, father of Ramachandra , had a kingdom established with riches and glory, he had Political advisors of competence and sages like Vasishta as the guides of ritualistic practices but the void in his life was that of a progeny for which he decided to carry out a yagna which blessed him with 'SONS', of which Rama ,was the eldest. Due to some Political issue and a spill of viciousness in the heart of Kaikey (the second wife of Dashrath),Rama is forced to choose exile for a period of 14 years, though Rama chose to remain in the exile all by himself, his brother and his loving wife ,who was no ordinary woman but a princess of highest order,now the wife of the rightful heir of the kingdom of Ayodhya chose to escort him in his tumultuous period, but something more was in store of life. Most people who've thought of surviving in forests have only seen forests in picturesque dimnesion , it's a task of courage when each night ,threat to life hovered their head it was no ordinary task. In the quest of lust and passion , Surpanakha , the sister of Ravana ,chooses to allure Rama to be her consort and plays all her tricks with him. Being a loyal husband he convinced Surpanakha in a humourous way to look for Lakshmana, who was equally handsome and alluring , being temperamental and not being able to withstand the nasty acts of the demoness , Lakshamana slays her nose. Hurt and distressed Surpanakha expresses grief to her brother ,enraged Ravana, choses to avenge his sister's insult and curious by the beauty of the lady ,due to whom a prince rejected the sister of the most powerful King ,who frightened the deities, Ravana plots a plan to kidnap Sita and succeeds in the same. Lost in thoughts of how to get her wife back safely Rama with his brother take on to the quest of getting her back from the walls of Lanka. Meanwhile Rama gets along with Sugreeva who exuberantly offered to help him in getting his consort back , because Rama had helped him in getting on to the thrown of his Kingdom. At a point in time when there was no GPS , no surity of his wife's condition , the man walks all the way to Lanka on feet to get back his wife. On the journey he faces many encounters which would cause anyone to crack up. Rama reached Lanka to wage a war with the demon king to get back his captivated wife. Rama dominated the war and slayed the demon king. Let alone getting his wife back ,Rama pays penance , to which Lakshamana questions why does he wish to pay penance to which Rama replies that although he, Ravana, had 10 heads ,  9 of which were of vices one head was that of a devotee ,he slayed that too ,for which he had to pay the penance .After an year of penance they return to their kingdom ,celebrations could be seen everywhere but again due to some political issue he is separated from his wife for whom he struggled all the way , but the man remained equanimous because he had to maintain his subjects. As years passed by the man is aware that while he left his wife his  progeny was in her womb ,for a king the progeny is the most essential consideration for they are to look after the kingdom and the subjects, but the man remains unaware of the the birth of his sons-Luva-Kusha. If something terrible could happen in someone's life ,it is to wage a war against one's own kids and almost end up killing them but Ramachandra was an exception for he had to experience it. Now the question arises that he is a god and someone who is a god should be successful but this is a gigantic and complete failure then why do we rever him? For despite all the terrible things that happened to him he remain UNTOUCHED and EQUANIMOUS. If one of these things happen to anyone today the next thought they have is to end their life but he remain untouched , we bow down to him for the freedom he has within for he went to hell and back but never did he turn resentful,hateful or bitter it is this freedom from within that makes us bow to him . For we have no choice to what life throws at us but we have 100% choice over what we make out of it. Sri Rama is an ideal ,practical example of this . Glories to Sree Rama.