Ramayana track- Should I believe ? - Page 3

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

Surya

I have it at home. Valmikiramayan.net only has it uptil Yudhyakand. Any questions you had?

They did show Ahilya becoming a rock earlier, which had angered Parvati, due to Rishi Gautama's cruelty and ingratitude towards his wife. Wonder if they'll show Rama free her, or have they forgotten it? I didn't watch the episode.

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

Does anyone know/recall which Ramayan versions have Ravan attending Sita's swayamvara? It's certainly not there in either Valmiki nor Tulsidas. In those, when Shurpanakha described Sita to Ravan, he became curious, and when he went there and saw Sita, that was what got him excited.

Had Ravan attended the swayamvar, that wouldn't have been a surprise - he'd have known how Sita looks.

Originally posted by: Surya_krsnbhakt

Ahalya...

Well, I heard that Ahalya didn't become a stone actually. In Valmiki, Gautama cursed her saying, "You shall be invisible to the eyes of all people." So she became invisible. But some people interpreted it as being a stone. Even saying that she became a stone is not wrong actually, because even then she was invisible to everyone as Ahalya. This point was explained by Smt Vishaka Hari in her Harikatha on Seeta Kalyanam.

Originally posted by: ArpanGhosal

Jai Shri Krishna
Kalyani what you say is right...I also come from a Vaishnava background and is a follower of the Gaudiya-Brahma samaj. DKDM has truly tried to degrade Vaishnava- cult and its glory. The Ramayana track now running is what I can only call an EGOCENTRIC approach.
Is it true that Kaushalya was blessed by Lord Shiva for a son? She and her husband (a Manu then), were blessed by Lord Vishnu that He would appear as their son for three times in the present and the coming Kalpa.
Is it true that Kaushalya was a Shaiva? She was a staunch Vaishnava. All Ramayanas confirm this.
What DKDM has showed about Lord Rama's character is completely bogus. Even though the Lord incarnates Himself on earth time and again, He is never swept over by human emotions and sentiments. Bhagwad- Gita confirms this: "Avj'ananti Ma'm Muda'h" i.e. only fools perceive Me as humans. Too much indulgence of Lord Shiva in the Ramayana track annoys me. They could have had shown His role in Hanuman-lilas.
Three cheers to Mohit Raina, whose acting is the only reason for me to watch this daily soap. But DKDM's too much dependence on virtual backgrounds and not -so-good special effects truly degrades the show.
No doubt, the research team has done a lot of research for this show, and applause👏 to them for bringing out many hidden facts about our mythology, but the twisting of every tale and giving it an egocentric look doesn't fit. And more frankly, DKDM has been poor at making the show a chronological saga, they have mixed themselves in their own bugged- up stories.