Dasaratha's payasnna / kheer distribuion

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varaali

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Posted: 9 years ago

What prompted Dasartha to divide the payasanna / kheer into 4 parts?

3 should have been logical isn't, it ?

Why this strange proportion of distribution ...similar to a fractions problem in a Grade III mathematics textbook ?

Your thoughts, please...lets have some discussion.

With all due respect to Kamban / Tulsidas / et all, lets stick to Valmiki for this discussion.

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Posted: 9 years ago

Originally posted by: varaali
...divide the payasanna / kheer into 4 parts ?

3 should have been logical isn't, it ?

Why this strange proportion of distribution ...similar to a fractions problem in a Grade III mathematics textbook ?

Your thoughts, please...lets have some discussion.

With all due respect to Kamban / Tulsidas / et all, lets stick to Valmiki for this discussion.

when i was small my grandpa used to tell that the kheer was divided into two parts...then sumitra was left out so both kaikeyi n kaushalya gave small portions to her frm their own part...

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varaali

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Posted: 9 years ago

Originally posted by: abshcool

when i was small my grandpa used to tell that the kheer was divided into two parts...then sumitra was left out so both kaikeyi n kaushalya gave small portions to her frm their own part...

Interesting .

But in Valmiki, it is clearly mentioned it is Dasaratha who does the apportioning.

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Posted: 9 years ago

Originally posted by: varaali

Interesting .

But in Valmiki, it is clearly mentioned it is Dasaratha who does the apportioning.

oh is it didn't knew that...but yes its said it was divided into 2 coz sumitra wasn't present there diff writers n diff versions...😃😃

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JAYASHREE

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Posted: 9 years ago

Dasarath was not very good with math. . Had problems with division

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Originally posted by: jayvenk
Dasarath was not very good with math. . Had problems with division

lol...😆

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varaali

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Posted: 9 years ago

Actually there seems to be a very interesting answer.

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NinjaInPyjamas

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Posted: 9 years ago

As far as I have heard, Sumitra was the youngest of the three queens so both of the other two each gave her a part of the total, so she bore twins

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Maverick_me

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Posted: 9 years ago

Kau eats half of the payasam then Sumi eats a quarter , Kai eats little bit and then its passed on to Sumi who finishes it off.

Now, what are the contents of payasam? Is it a medicine?

If yes then Kau eating the biggest proportion is quite logical, owing to her age .. higher the age it gets difficult to conceive and Kai eating the least is also understandable since she has age on her side so she eats very little and passes it on to Sumi who again eats the payasam twice. Again i dont believe that since Mrs S ate payasam twice so she got 2 children , it might just be a coincidence

Coming to matematics, lets blame it on lack of availability of measuring jars in Ayodhya :-P :-D

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varaali

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Posted: 9 years ago

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Originally posted by: NinjaInPyjamas
As far as I have heard, Sumitra was the youngest of the three queens so both of the other two each gave her a part of the total, so she bore twins

This is the kind of myth perpetuated by half baked movies and ill researched TV serials. As far as Valmiki Ramayana goes it was Dasaratha who does the apportioning.

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