What happened to the 'rajmatas' and Urmila etc??

Originally posted by: Vibhishna

I'm not sure what happened to Urmila, Mandvi and Shrutkirti.

The 3 queen mothers passed away sometime after Sita's passing. Rajmata Kaushalya died surrounded by all her relatives and Rajmatas Sumitra and Kaikeyi followed soon after.

Regarding Urmila's reaction, I am not sure if she was there at that time.

Lakshman, when he was banished and disowned by Ram, went straight to Sarayu and gave up his life.

Nothing is mentioned about Urmila, Mandvi and Shrutkirti after Sita went into the Earth.

1. It was a simple oversight on Valmiki's part in omitting the mention of UMS as surrounding their dying m-i-l's
   
2. Between Sita's passing and the rajmata's passing, Urmila, Mandavi & Shrutakirti too passed away. I doubt that they went into the earth w/ Sita, or that too would have been in the description. They may have died naturally one after another after Sita's passing, and Valmiki may not have thought it worth mentioning. 😕
   

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

Vibs is correct. In fact, after showing Kush-Luv's union w/ Rama and Kaushalya, the voice-over in the serial mentions that the 3 rajmatas died some time after that. (Personally, I wish they had shown 1 more week with an episode of K-L integrating w/ the family, an episode of the rajmata's passing away 1 after another, an episode of Bharat conquering Gandhara and installing his sons, one of Lakshman conquering Karupadhadesh and installing his, the passing of Lakshman and Rama following him. Only problem - that would butt into Rakhi's swayamvar. Given the way other NDTV Imagine shows have been doing in-place ads for it in the serial, I'm surprised they didn't find a way to incorporate that here 😉)

One thing one might try and deduce from 7:99 is that when the 3 rajmata's passed away, it was described that they were surrounded by their sons and grandsons. No mentions of their daughters-in-law. There are 2 ways of reading that:

1. It was a simple oversight on Valmiki's part in omitting the mention of UMS as surrounding their dying m-i-l's
   
2. Between Sita's passing and the rajmata's passing, Urmila, Mandavi & Shrutakirti too passed away. I doubt that they went into the earth w/ Sita, or that too would have been in the description. They may have died naturally one after another after Sita's passing, and Valmiki may not have thought it worth mentioning. 😕
   

I tend to go w/ #2. I however concede that the evidence here for that is flimsy at best.

Originally posted by: suchi4fun

urmila was alive i think at time of lakshaman's mahaprayan b'cuzits mentioned in uttar ramayan (valmiki) tht lakshamana went straight to sarau without visiting his palace...it must be urmilla waiting for him in palace why else valmiki would have mentioned this thing.

Again i do not think the three ladies commited mahaprayan b'cuz when valmiki has mentioned dhanush ,kavach how can he forget mentioning them...maybe they stayed with their son. or its possible that as per that yug sage thought its obvious for ladies 2 follow their husbands n didn't mentioned it

Originally posted by: Vibhishna

Sumant ji was alive at the time of Maharaj Dasharath and Maharaj Ram. It is mentioned that he was a great friend of Maharaj Dasharath.

He was there when Ram was coronated but after that I don't think the epic mentions his name. I'm not sure if he was there when Devi Sita went into the Earth but it is possible that he was still around that time. After that I am not sure. As far as I know he was not an incarnation of any heavenly or celestial being.

Originally posted by: chatterbox

hmm if he wasnt incarnation of heavenly or celstial being how come he was alive for so long

even as a human he cud have also died like raj matas did and others

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