Shrimad Ramayan Daily Episode Discussion ~ 31 Jan, 2025

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Originally posted by: RedRobin1

Yesterdays episode was refreshing . Ayodhya people speaking up for Sita Mata against the possessed guy. Refreshing to see more of Shri Bharat and Shri Lakshman. All of Prabhu’s brothers are strong characters and they were shown as such in this episode. What a relief to not see Shurpanaka in the episode. But Raccoon Rakshas is in Mithila now. King Jhanak has no answer for Luv Kush regarding his negligence towards Sita. In fact there is no justification for Shri Ram. renouncing Mata. Let us see what today brings. The injustice of leaving a pregnant woman in the forest alone in the night among wild animals is something one cannot digest.

It was indeed refreshing to see more of Ram's brothers.

Assuming that Sita's exile did happen, Ram did not blindly sacrifice Sita. In some versions, it was like what they showed in Shrimad Ramayan. Sita herself took the decision.

In Valmiki Ramayan, Ram's instructions to Lakshman were clear. He was to leave Sita near Valmiki Ashram and he timed it perfectly. Lakshman took Sita to the forest at night and it was close to dawn when he left Sita. Sages go the nearest water source, most often a river before sunrise to cleanse themselves so that they can start their morning duties before or during sunrise. Hence there was a high chance that Sita would be discovered and taken in. He never abandoned her. He gave the safest route possible. Ram was well aware that Sita can manage a short while in the midst of a forest, thanks to the 14 years exile experience.

In South Indian versions, Ram tries every possible way to avoid sending Sita away. He asks Bharat, Lakshman and Shathrugan one after the other to take over as king so that he can retire. His brothers vehemently refused and hence he had to give up Sita.

Why should he gives up his wife whom he knew was blameless? A crowd cannot be contained that easily and when in a crowd, an individual cannot really think for one's self and has to follow the flow. It's like being stuck in traffic. No matter how frustrated or helpless, we have to follow where the crowd goes. That's exactly how society works. Ram already had a prior experience with the crowd of Ayodhya being obsessed with him (not blaming the citizens, anyone would be obsessed, He was that great). They followed him to the forest and he had to sneakily leave them behind. What would happen if he left with Sita to the forest? People would follow him and harass Sita. A person they love so much has sacrificed his kingdom to be with a woman is all they would perceive. Slowly, seeing Ram not living comfortably, they would turn their grief to anger and it would be directed to Sita and the kids (I beleive she was almost full term pregnant when she was sent and by that time would have been known she was carrying twins). Sita does not deserve that. And if Ram had adamantly kept her by his side, the same thing might happen. People will bad mouth Sita and the kids, again something they both don't deserve. Safest is to send them away. The easy choices might be Vasishta's Ashram (Sage Vasishta wouldn't refuse a favour if asked by the king and this is helping a chaste woman too) but that wouldn't sit right with people since she would still be accessible to people and still there's a chance of people troubling her and the Ashram. Ram could have sent her away to Mithila but that would be insulting to both Sita and Janak. Hence, Ram chose to send Sita to Sage Valmiki's care, a sage well known to Ram and someone who has great respect for Ram. He took up the torture of keeping his wife away, didn't try to find out anything about her since if he knows, someone close to him will definitely know and information will leak out endangering Sita, his children and sage Valmiki's Ashram as well.

In my opinion, Lord Ram did what was best for everyone and this was the best choice although it was painful. Everyone close to Ram knew/could understand why he did this. His brothers, mothers and even Sita herself. She knew there was a possibility this might happen but would have thought it may not since she had proven herself already. Her grief was not about being away from the palace, it was because she had to be away from her husband... Again...

The above is just my reasoning and I could be wrong. I too had to mull over a lot and face people who blatantly criticised Ram, compared Ram with Duryodhan and everyone else for that matter and after years of thought and research, reached the above explanation. If I am wrong, please feel free to correct me.

Originally posted by: Vibhishna

It was indeed refreshing to see more of Ram's brothers.

Assuming that Sita's exile did happen, Ram did not blindly sacrifice Sita. In some versions, it was like what they showed in Shrimad Ramayan. Sita herself took the decision.

In Valmiki Ramayan, Ram's instructions to Lakshman were clear. He was to leave Sita near Valmiki Ashram and he timed it perfectly. Lakshman took Sita to the forest at night and it was close to dawn when he left Sita. Sages go the nearest water source, most often a river before sunrise to cleanse themselves so that they can start their morning duties before or during sunrise. Hence there was a high chance that Sita would be discovered and taken in. He never abandoned her. He gave the safest route possible. Ram was well aware that Sita can manage a short while in the midst of a forest, thanks to the 14 years exile experience.

In South Indian versions, Ram tries every possible way to avoid sending Sita away. He asks Bharat, Lakshman and Shathrugan one after the other to take over as king so that he can retire. His brothers vehemently refused and hence he had to give up Sita.

Why should he gives up his wife whom he knew was blameless? A crowd cannot be contained that easily and when in a crowd, an individual cannot really think for one's self and has to follow the flow. It's like being stuck in traffic. No matter how frustrated or helpless, we have to follow where the crowd goes. That's exactly how society works. Ram already had a prior experience with the crowd of Ayodhya being obsessed with him (not blaming the citizens, anyone would be obsessed, He was that great). They followed him to the forest and he had to sneakily leave them behind. What would happen if he left with Sita to the forest? People would follow him and harass Sita. A person they love so much has sacrificed his kingdom to be with a woman is all they would perceive. Slowly, seeing Ram not living comfortably, they would turn their grief to anger and it would be directed to Sita and the kids (I beleive she was almost full term pregnant when she was sent and by that time would have been known she was carrying twins). Sita does not deserve that. And if Ram had adamantly kept her by his side, the same thing might happen. People will bad mouth Sita and the kids, again something they both don't deserve. Safest is to send them away. The easy choices might be Vasishta's Ashram (Sage Vasishta wouldn't refuse a favour if asked by the king and this is helping a chaste woman too) but that wouldn't sit right with people since she would still be accessible to people and still there's a chance of people troubling her and the Ashram. Ram could have sent her away to Mithila but that would be insulting to both Sita and Janak. Hence, Ram chose to send Sita to Sage Valmiki's care, a sage well known to Ram and someone who has great respect for Ram. He took up the torture of keeping his wife away, didn't try to find out anything about her since if he knows, someone close to him will definitely know and information will leak out endangering Sita, his children and sage Valmiki's Ashram as well.

In my opinion, Lord Ram did what was best for everyone and this was the best choice although it was painful. Everyone close to Ram knew/could understand why he did this. His brothers, mothers and even Sita herself. She knew there was a possibility this might happen but would have thought it may not since she had proven herself already. Her grief was not about being away from the palace, it was because she had to be away from her husband... Again...

The above is just my reasoning and I could be wrong. I too had to mull over a lot and face people who blatantly criticised Ram, compared Ram with Duryodhan and everyone else for that matter and after years of thought and research, reached the above explanation. If I am wrong, please feel free to correct me.

Originally posted by: MJ_1009

majority of the shows have depicted the VR version of ram telling lakshman to drop sita off and sita's perception isn;t much delved into either but few have shown it as sita mutually accepting the decision as her own so that way rama doesn't receive criticism at least from folks who never even seen ramayana. i've never ever seen south indian version on itv shows and overall shows seen so far..rama's actions is often always overlooked and i chide those so-called feminists vagera who constantly state that rama is a bad husband but glossing over the fact that he's also a king at that time when the incident occured..

That's true.

In the beginning I too was confused by the stories of Sita's banishment and the killing of Shambuka (not Shurpanakha's son as shown in this series). At a situation like this where he was forced to choose one over the other, Ram successfully protected his wife and managed appease his subjects. That was brilliant and I would consider it a victory over fate that would have brought down many others. Why nobody understands and praises him for his intellect is beyond my comprehension...

Also, this show made Ram blatantly say he gave up on his wedding vows. He did no such thing. He upheld his wedding vows till the end of his days and this show made him look like he had to break his promise. He never remarried nor did he suspect Sita of any sort of misconduct. He upheld dharma at all times. Why do people not understand it

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Originally posted by: ananya3129

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