DOTW - Why did Ravan need to Abduct Sita

Now that this serial is at this crucial point, It would be interesting to try and delve into Ravan's mind - and hypothesise just what made him capture Sita.

On a basic level, it's obvious that he did so to avenge Surpanakha's insult. But is it? If it was so - he would have just gone there and fought with Ram and Lakshman.

Was it because Surpanakha extolled Sita's beauty - and fanned the fires of lust in him - so that he had to have her? If so then, he could have just gone to Dandakaranya and fought with with Ram, and taken Sita (or so he would have thought)

What's clear is that - he did not want to face Ram. Hence the strategy of taking Marich with. Ravan deliberately planned to lure Ram away from Sita before kidnapping her. This being Trilok-vijayi Ravan! Before we quickly call him a coward, lets remember this guy fought with Sahara-Arjun, Yam, and Kaal!

Could it also be that (according to some versions) he lost out on Sita at her Swayamvar and that's why he had to have her to heal his bruised ego.

Or could it be that the kidnapping was political??? Imagine for a minute that Ravan goes to capture to Sita and fights with Ram to do so. If Ram had lost Sita, Ram still may not have lost respect in his Aryan community. People would respect him for "taking on the mighty Ravan" and if he hypothetically died, then people would make him a matyr. "Our brave Aryan Prince Ram put up a heck of a fight against the mighty Ravan - and in the course of trying to protect his wife - attained Veergati"😭..... ....But if Ravan distracts Ram, then captures Sita, and imagines that Ram would never reach Lanka - then Ram would appear foolish to his Aryan community. "Our weak prince Ram couldnt even protect his wife - he was running after golden deers!😡" Perhaps Ravan wanted to make Ram appear unheroic and get Sita at the same time.

I imaging these must have been Ravan's motive for abducting Sita by distracting Ram, rather than him just being a coward. I think he was just shrewd, cunning and arrogent. What do you think? Would do you think was running in that slimy mind of his - and wat made him tick?

If Raavan abducted Sita only because he wanted get killed by Ram they why he didn't abduct Sita in front of Ram as Viraadh did?
Why he proposed her for marriage?
Why he tried to bait her with chief queenhood?
Why he told her that Ram is not worthy of her n only he is worthy of her?

WHY HE DIDN'T MAKE A OPEN DECLARATION AFTER ABDUCTING SITA THAT 'O RAM COME FIGHT WITH ME I HAVE ABDUCTED UR WIFE'? WHY RAAVAN REMAINED SILENT AFTER ABDUCTING SITA

He was coward. He knew that in open war he would never be able to defeat Ram that's why he choosed a indirect path to defeat n insult Ram. Both Akampan n Surpanakha told him that if he abducts Sita Ram will die out of grief.

all i can say is that i hate ravan from the bottom of my heart for his cheap & filthy thinking by destroying the chastity of a lady by abducting her !!!!!

in this RAMAYAN sagar's did not show that ravan attended sita swambar but i saw tht in show jai hanuman on sony that ravan was really pissed off!! by his defeat at sita swambar !!! i think he avenged RAMA by kidnapping SITAJI ,he cudn't forgot his defeat at sita swambar !!!


but in this RAMAYAN they showed that ravan is seeing sitaji FOR THE FIRST TIME ,but in show jai hanuman they showed ravan was totally mesmerized by the beauty of sitaji !!! from that day only he decided sitaji TO MAKE HIS lady !!!!

RAVAN was a big coward & was a filthy minded man who destroyed the chastity of a lady by abducting her , thanks to kubare who cursed ravan that he cannot make any lady his own again'st her wishes & to the SATITVA POWER OF SITAJI that tht stupid ,filthy ,coward,cheapooooooooooo ravan cud not touch sitaji !!!!!

ravan did the same with vedvati ,he was having lusty feelings for vedvati also becaz of that filthy ravan vedvati ended her life !!!

ravan was a man who always had lusty feelings in his heart for women. ravan was characterless & very indecent ,no respect for women .

how dared !!!! he touched even sitaji ,i hated the sita abduction scenes shown in our ramayan.

sometimes i feel ravan was known as a great SHIVA DEVOTEE but was that the indecent way a shiva devotee shud behave ???????

ravan knew tht by abducting RAMA'S BELOVED WIFY SITA he wud be hurting RAMA even more than hurting him by fighting with him.

Every characters in Ramayan r unique even the villains and vamps. Raavan though a bad man but he had his code of conduct which he strictly followed. I don't believe in the story of Vedavati n other curse stories the reason for which I have already posted under other topics.

Raavan was a great 'KUTNEETEGYA' a highly shrewd man. He wanted to make Sita his wife without using any force so that he could take appropriate revenge of Surpanakha's insult. He tried to influence her. He told her that Ram is unworthy of her. Raavan told her that he'll provide her all luxuries if she surrenders. But he miserably failed to influence her n distract her from her Dharma.

well !!!! i saw tht story of vedvati in the show VISHNU PURAN ALSO which used to come on zee tv !!!

in VISHNU PURAN BOOK THE STORY of VEDVATI IS CLEARLY GIVEN !!!!

Originally posted by: coolpurvi

Raavan was a great 'KUTNEETEGYA' a highly shrewd man. He wanted to make Sita his wife without using any force so that he could take appropriate revenge of Surpanakha's insult. He tried to influence her. He told her that Ram is unworthy of her. Raavan told her that he'll provide her all luxuries if she surrenders. But he miserably failed to influence her n distract her from her Dharma.

Well put Purvi!

I agree 100% . I think instead being a coward, he was a shrewd kutneetigya. He knew that with Ram around Sita would resist him - so thats why he distracted Ram away. He then changes his form to a tapsvi - to test to see if Sita is easily inflenced. He used :

Saam - by proposing to Sita

Daan - by bribing her with riches and the post of chief-queen in Lanka

Bhed - by telling her repeatedly that Ram was a beggar and that he would kill Ram

Dand - when none of the above worked - he used forced and abducted her.

we can just discuss and can feel free from our side, but agn i say it was all written in destiny, see what Vishnuji said to teach Narad , unko seekh n mera khel,
So it was all a play written by Gods ofcourse for the welfare of everyone. Suppose if Ravan wldnt been abducted sitaji then Hanumanjis power n ram-Kaj would have been wasted. Hanumanji took birth for RAM-KAJ.
With Maya , Visnuji forced Narad to curse him for all this separation and hanuman help.
Didnt knew why Vishnuji planned such horrible life, vanvas, separation. In all that Luv-Kush suffered coz they lived with single parent, first half with Sitji n then with Ramji. Its difficult to live w/o both.
Both r equally important.

Originally posted by: rupalip

we can just discuss and can feel free from our side, but agn i say it was all written in destiny, see what Vishnuji said to teach Narad , unko seekh n mera khel,
So it was all a play written by Gods ofcourse for the welfare of everyone. Suppose if Ravan wldnt been abducted sitaji then Hanumanjis power n ram-Kaj would have been wasted. Hanumanji took birth for RAM-KAJ.
With Maya , Visnuji forced Narad to curse him for all this separation and hanuman help.
Didnt knew why Vishnuji planned such horrible life, vanvas, separation. In all that Luv-Kush suffered coz they lived with single parent, first half with Sitji n then with Ramji. Its difficult to live w/o both.
Both r equally important.

truly agree with u rupa at this point !!why VISHNUJI planned all tht

@ aalochak -well don't u think ravan did a cowardly act by abducting sitaji as mandodri also said tht it wud be a sort of cowardly act 🤢

Who is terming Raavan as brave? We all know he is a shrewd coward.

Originally posted by: sita11

@ aalochak -well don't u think ravan did a cowardly act by abducting sitaji as mandodri also said tht it wud be a sort of cowardly act 🤢

Oh I totally agree he was a coward - but earlier I was just trying to imagine how Ravan must have reasoned his actions. He certainly didnt think he was being a coward! He probably was puffed up with how kuteel and clever he was! But to the world obviously he was cowardly.

😆 didnt mean to confuse u Sita11. but the shrink in me took over and I was just speculating what Ravan's mind must hav been thinking😳