Originally posted by: JanakiRaghunath
Varnita, I agree. People think that Valmiki wrote as if Shri Ram did not know about his divinity, but that's not quite true. It's just that Shri Ram never displayed his divinity in Valmiki Ramayan, but that doesn't mean he didn't know it. After all, even in Valmiki Ramayan he killed demons like Tataka and Subahu, and he liberated Ahalya. No human being can turn a stone into a woman without freaking out.😆 So if Ramji did not know he was God, he'd feel pretty disturbed after the Ahalya incident, right?😆It's impossible for God's avatar to not know he is God, but the only difference between Valmiki Ramayana and Ramcharitmanas is that in Valmiki Ramayana, Ramji suffered like a human and felt human emotions, despite knowing he was God, because that's how he was able to teach humans how to live the ideal life. In RCM on the other hand, he was Godly in conduct. The term 'Maryada Purushotham' comes from Valmiki Ramayana, because Valmikiji portrays Shri Ram's conduct to be like that of an ideal human man. He was ideal, but he lived a human life in order to teach people how to live.I love the storyline of RCM better, especially when it comes to the romance between Ram and Sita, but I love the characterization of Ram and Sita in Valmiki Ramayan better because I can relate to them when they live and suffer like humans.😳
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