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I write excerpts of my Ramayana to let people know Lord Ram before the opening of Ram temple at Ayodhya on 22nd January 2024, Monday.
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Rama held the composite bow steady in his left hand as he pulled the string back with his right; almost perfectly parallel to the ground, exactly the way his guru had taught him. Rama pulled the string a notch further touching his lips, aiming at Ravana's. Suddenly an arrow whizzed past him and struck to the navel of Ravana the arrow that ripped through Ravana, the huge body of ten-headed with twenty hands Ravana fall out of the chariot and slump on the ground, chanting the name of Rama.
Rama turned around he was shocked, his bow dropped from his hand his eyes could not believe, he muttered: "Why did you do it that?"
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Rama turned around he was shocked, his bow dropped from his hand his eyes could not believe, he muttered "Why did you do that?" Looking at her "Because you would not, and I had to do it to fulfil my pledge to kill Ravana in my next as Sita" replied Vedavati.
A stunned silence followed. The Vanaras could not believe that Ravana had finally been struck. The Rakshasa could not believe that their great invincible king had actually been defeated. The sun stopped in its tracks. The clouds became still. The wind paused. Ravana had fallen. The great son of Vishrava, descendant of Pulastya and Brahma, would never rise again.
Rama then threw all his weapons, jumped out of his chariot and walked to Ravana, sat at his feet, joined his palm and spoke in gentle voice. "Noble one, son of Vishrava and Kaikesi, devotee of Lord Shiva, brother of Surpankha, Vibhishana and Kumbhkarna, father of Indrajit and Sita, uncle of Taranisen, friend of Mahiravana, husband of Mandodri, I salute you. I am Rama, who is responsible for mutilating your sister's body. For which I was duly punished. I am Rama, whose wife you abducted, for which you have been duly punished. We owe each other no debts. But I seek from you knowledge that you wish to leave behind as your legacy."
Ravana's face lit up. "I realise I never saw you, Rama. I just saw the man whom my sister hated, my brothers respected, my queens admired and my daughter Sita loved. By seeking knowledge from me, you are the ideal student whose curiosity makes the teacher wiser. I bow to you. Brahma tells us that to receive we have to give but most of us like Indra, seek to receive without giving. Shiva seeks nothing, he doesn't bother with the accounts of giving or receiving, but only Rama, who is Vishnu, receives by simply giving. That is why Sita follows you, and not me."
Ravana then breathed his last.
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Ram Se Bada Ram Ka Naam...!
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