Today's Episode: Hits and Misses

I just watched today's Siya Ke Ram episode. All in all, it was a very rounded episode with stories of Ravan, Hanuman and Sita, Ram and Lakshman. People do not live in a vacuum while we see one part of the story and Ravan is definitely not foolish to be clueless about the three sanyasis, up until the infamous Shurpankha episode. His army was being gradually annihilated. He was a clever king. Egoistical yes, cruel most definitely, but he was also shrewd & sharp. He was a great devotee of Mahadev himself. So it was appropriate to show him constantly wary, and thinking ahead.

Secondly, the scene that made me curious is Sita's apparent displeasure with Lakshman's ask to stay within the boundary of his suraksha kavach. It was uncalled for. All of them needed to be constantly alert in the jungle. No one was doubting anyone's ability to protect themselves. Sita's constant taunts to Lakshman about being a "boojh" and showing displeasure at his decision to protect her, is making me extremely uncomfortable. Ram and Lakshman were two bodies one soul. When Lakshman was hit by Indrajit's arrow in Lanka, Ram was willing to forgo Sita, as well as the battle in an instant, and would not be at peace until sankatvimochan Hanuman brought Mahendra parbat. When ved Sushen revived Lakshman using the Sanjeevani leaves from the parbat, Ram breathed easy as if his own life was restored.

I understand that this is a Ramayan from Sita's perspective, but still, it is Ramayan, the story of Ram. No one character was greater than the other. Sita constantly challenging Lakshman is unheard of. Lakshman sacrificed his married life and the materialistic pleasures of palace only to serve his brother and his sister-in-law. He even sacrificed his sleep. Such was a his devotion and dedication to serving Ram and Sita. His only concern was their safety. It really bothers me whenever Sita undermines him or his edicts in SKR. I hope they show some convincing discussion between Ram, Lakshman and Sita to discuss their protection because Sita is taking it extremely lightly thus far or perhaps this is a larger setup for the future when Sita has to repent every doubt she ever cast in Lakshman's direction!

i agree on the ravan part, ravan was a master politician, why should he stay aloof on the matters of dandakaranya? as for sita, we should see the next epi to see what happens next.

Thanks! I have the same reservations about how Sita - Lakshman angle is portrayed. Having been attacked when she was alone already ( I think she has been attacked twice), it seems strange that Sita does not want the extra protection.
No one was saying she was not capable.. Lakshman was just doing his duty and making sure that Sita was safe. Why get angry/irritated in a flash for that?

even I am not convinced with her portrayal. Even if they wanted Sita to tell that she is capable of taking care of herself, had they made her say that in a lighter tone, that would have relieved lakshman's concern but she said those as if he offended her by asking her to join them or to stay put in his Rakhs kavach. She could have just said Ok and later after their return, she could have discussed it with both of them. No she had to confront him affront

Sita was feeling uncomfortable with the boundaries that each and every time lakshman says..because in mithila she was independent, but after marriage sita didnt understand ayodha rules and whenever they think about her safety she says she is capable of handling herself..neither janak nor ram kept any restriction infront of her, thats yy whenever lakshman thinks about her safety she goes against them and confronts over lakshman..I dont know whether the potrayal of sita is yrue or not in siya ke ram according to ramayan sita is calm, have lot of patience, she never gets angry easily..

Sita is not used to bandhan or rather sanskriti. Lakshman knows Sanskriti well but not prakriti. The house washing away incident made him look at prakriti with a different light. He is learning to understand prakriti , its hidden meanings.

One thing I still can't realize about sita is "if she could understand Prakruti so much, how come she she fell fro the maya golden deer? How come she didn't doubt it? When she knew (I presume she was taught about how mata ahalya was duped by Indra) mayavi's can come in disguise, why she didn't want to be extra careful? She doubted Jayayu but was not ready to believe that some one else might attack? Its Ok to be independent, to be self sufficient and courageous, but what is wrong with being extra cautious when you are surrounded by rougues (asuras & daithyas).

@Jaya Janak's 2 mistakes, first one you highlighted, the soldiers were hidden, the second one was the raj sabha scene where Sita asks he himself had told he owns nothing when Sangarsha king was punished.

yes Shruthi, that is one thing we need to learn. Even when we are too confident, if some one rises some doubts or apprehensive, we should give it a thought one more time and think why the other person is saying that or asking that question. May times with our self confidence only we will land into problems. It is good and necessary to have self confidence but at the same time one needs to understand, the other person will not highlight something for no reason.

Originally posted by: shruthiravi

Sita is not used to bandhan or rather sanskriti. Lakshman knows Sanskriti well but not prakriti. The house washing away incident made him look at prakriti with a different light. He is learning to understand prakriti , its hidden meanings.

I had always wondered how did Lakshman doubt the golden dear. He had the apprehension about it from the moment he sees it.

For me SKR has given the answer. Lakshman knew Sanskriti and after the house washing away incident and Jatayu attack he is more adept at understanding Prakriti also. His knowledge is complete with Prakriti+ Sanskriti.

And this understanding makes him doubt the golden dear that it is not from Prakriti, it has something to do with Sanskriti. It is Maya.

Sita has not tried to understand Sanskriti and when she will repent the half knowledge she had when the apaharan happens. She will understand Sanskriti with that apaharan and things that happen after that including AP.

If u remember that in beginning Ram and Lakshman were shown trained in combat but unable to gauge Asur's Strength and Maya , but Vishwamitra filled that void