The wiser among the wisest saints of that age, Maharshi Vashisht was in dilemma today, not able to find path for him. His all knowledge and wisdom seems lost in front of Bharat's enourmous love and devotion. Even the all omniscient, Lord Shri Ram, were left with no words to convince Bharat.
Bharat had made all the preparations for coronation of Shri Ram as the King of Ayodhya. He was not ready to accept the kingdom offered to him by his father and former King of Ayodhya and decided to give his life in case Ram declined his request to return Ayodhya. Mothers of the princes were witnessing this strange discussion along with all the natives of Awadh.
History have recorded many battles and disputes among brothers, who fought for each other's wealth and land. But this one was incredibly different and only one of it's kind. Both the brothers are giving their arguments over why Other should own the kingdom.
Ram says, "Bharat must keep the King's word, who had given Vanwas to one of his son and Crown to other. He should not do anything to defame his father's soul and mitigate the image of Raghukul. "
Bharat on the other hand argues that if Shri Ram is living in Forest in all such adverse situations, then how can his servant and devotee accept the pleasures of a palace. If Shri Ram, is honoured with words like KarunaNidhan and KripaSindhu, then He must show some mercy on his devotee and should not leave him alone for 14 years."
Maharshi Vashisht was speechless, Bharat's devotion and love towards his brother was drowning everyone's knowledge. The debate was between Duty and Love, the judgement was awaited and judges were appearing lost.
To be contd ..
Nice description, you are right sulabh these are rally gems Of Ramayan, like "Ram-Bharat Milap" at holy bank of Mandakani, and situation when Mithila's King Janak take decision that Bharat should take care for the Ayodhya at the absence of Ram, and all the Ramayan is educative, all incidents in Ramayan is a Gem, I will like to suggest everyone should watch the Great Mythological serial "Ramayan" Directed by Ramanand Sagar, i am sure most of the people know about this.
ReplyDeleteRamayan is a highly successful Indian television series created, written, and directed by Ramanand Sagar. The 78-episode series originally aired weekly on Doordarshan from January 25, 1987, to July 31, 1988, on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. IST.
It is a television adaptation of the ancient Indian religious epic of the same name and is primarily based on Valmiki's Ramayan and Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas.
It is also partly derived from portions of Kamban's Kambaramayanam and other works.
Here is the some Information about the cast --
Cast
Arun Govil as Ram
Deepika as Sita
Sunil Lahri as Lakshman
Sanjay Jog as Bharat
Arvind Trivedi as Ravan
Dara Singh as Hanuman
Vijay Arora as Indrajit
Sameer Rajda as Shatrughna
Mulraj Rajda as Janak
Lalita Pawar as Manthara
Jayshree Gadkar as Kaushalya
Padma Khanna as Kaikeyi
Rajnibala as Sumitra
Sudhir Dalvi as Vasishta
I am sure no one can now make the simple and decent Ramayan as Ramanad Sagar directed, I really Admire it, it's great creation always.
Thanks Sulabh for a Nice post....