{ Anand Sagar's Ramayan AT #2 } - Page 67

Originally posted by: Varnita.

Aahhh Have U read my Mind? 😆 This is what I was about to ask U that is it true that Surphnakha Planned the whole SIta Haran just for revenging his Husband's Death? Because she already know that ram is the Avatar of Lord Vishnu and only He can Kill Ravana. My Hindi teacher told this to us once but at that time I didnt believe it.

I dont know but this whole thing was undigestable for me and still I do think the same. Surphnakha being attracted by Rama and then asking Ravana for abducting Sita just for the insult Lakshman had done to her seems more accurate. The reasons are :

1) If she already do know that Ram is the incarnation of Vishnu and can kill Ravana then why did she ask Khar Dushan for fighing with him? If Ram can Kill Ravana then he also can kill Khar dushan who were quite less in power as COmpared to Ravana. What they have done to her so she revenged them to Death?

2) Surphnakhs' had only one Son who is being killed by Lakshmana. So instead of revenging with Lakshmana will She plan the Death of Ravana with the Killers of her SOn? I m sure here son must be as dear to her as her Husband.

Now Say. What Do U think?

Originally posted by: JanakiRaghunath

I think Vidyutjiva is another name for Shurpanakha's husband. He's referred by both names.

Originally posted by: Varnita.

I didnt know that 😲 Thanks 😊

Originally posted by: JanakiRaghunath

This story is not in Valmiki Ramayan Varnita, nor in RCM so it's debatable, but again, we are used to thinking of Ramayana in terms that no one knew anything was going to happen. It's hard for us to digest that Kaikeyi may have purposefully exiled Ram to kill Ravan, or that Shurpanakha orchestrated Sita Haran to get revenge on Ravan, but they're not impossible are they? There's nothing degrading about the characters in such stories so they're plausible.

With your two questions, I think that maybe Shurpanakha really was attracted to Rama. After all, her husband was killed a long time before Rama was born so she may have forgotten her revenge momentarily. When she saw Shri Ram she was attracted to him and when Lakshman cut her nose and ears, she swore revenge on the brothers thinking them to be humans and went to Khar-Dushan to fight them. Then when Khar and Dushan were killed, she realized that Shri ram was Vishnu and found a golden opportunity to have her brother killed...so she went to Ravan and instigated him to kidnap Sita, knowing that eventually, Ram would kill Ravan.

Also, about your second question, Shurpanakha never planned Ravan's death with Ram and Lakshman. That's just absurd!😆 I think she internally planned everything, realizing Shri Ram must have been born on Earth to kill her brother, so she created the events to make it possible for him to kill Ravan.

Originally posted by: JanakiRaghunath

I'm not 100% sure so wait for someone to confirm it.😆😆

Originally posted by: Varnita.

That makes sense, But i m not 100% sure abt that 😳

The Point U have made abt Khar Dushan makes sense completely but what abt SHambri's Death? She must grieved a lot for her only son's Death who is the last sign left of her Husband at that time and she should revenge Ram and Lakshman for that even before Raavan.

So the story of Surphnakha actually wanting to revenge and Kill ram and Lakshman makes more sense to me 😳.

If she really loved Shambri that much Varnita, then why would she become attracted to Ram and Lakshman so soon after his death?😕 That part never made sense to me, because one moment she was grieving his death and the next moment she was making a proposal of love to Ram, so her love for shambri is debatable. It's a valid fact you brought up, but the rakshasas were also said to be fickle beings...after all, Ravan lost all his sons in war and yet he still desired Sita, didn't he? Common sense would dictate that he'd blame her for the war and hate her, but still he thought he had a chance to woo Sita.🤔 So I don't know...anything could be valid, I guess.

Originally posted by: JanakiRaghunath

If she really loved Shambri that much Varnita, then why would she become attracted to Ram and Lakshman so soon after his death?😕 That part never made sense to me, because one moment she was grieving his death and the next moment she was making a proposal of love to Ram, so her love for shambri is debatable.😳 It's a valid fact you brought up, but the rakshasas were also said to be fickle beings...after all, Ravan lost all his sons in war and yet he still desired Sita, didn't he? Common sense would dictate that he'd blame her for the war and hate her, but still he thought he had a chance to woo Sita.🤔 So I don't know...anything could be valid, I guess.

Originally posted by: JanakiRaghunath

I also have another question. Does anyone know which source has Karkati in it? ASR showed that Karkati was the second wife of Kumbhakarna and was bearing his child when he was killed. She went to Lavanasura for revenge and that's how he found out that Ram had killed Ravan and Kumbhakarna.