DOTW: Ravan and his deeds - Page 4

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

Kumbheenasee had a son Lavanasura, who became the ruler of Madhupura, and later was killed in battle by Shatrughan after Rama became ruler of Ayodhya.

Another intriguing factoid is that Ravan never thought of asking Lavanasura for help, such as invading Ayodhya in order to totally shatter Rama & Lakshman's confidence. He called allies like Mahiravan from Rasootal, but he never thought of asking the ruler of Madhupura to invade Kosala, which with Shiva's trishul, he'd surely have killed Bharat and Shatrughan and captured all the Raghukul womenfolk.

thanks for the info chanderketu...
and i am wondering what might have happened if he did the same.....
i think most probably... Ravan was so much engage in the war that he forget to attack on Ayodhya.....by this way....

Very nice DOTW rupali di. thanks for starting, I will try to post many stories of ravana. to begin with i will post first birth story of lanka

BIRTH STORY OF LANKA

Sri Lanka was built on top of a mountain called Tri-kuta Giri. This Tri-kuta was a piece of rock that broke from Mount Meru. Long ago, there was some discussion between two Gandharvas. One Gandharva said, "Vasuki is such a powerful strong snake, that when the Lord took incarnation as Matsya, he used Vasuki as a rope to tie the horn of that fish to the boat where Maharaja Satyavrata and the sapta-rishis were travelling. In the dissolution water, this boat was kept safe due to Vasuki binding Matsya and the boat."

The other Gandharva said, "Maybe he is strong, but do you think he could be as strong as Vayu, Varuna or Agni?" The other said, "He must be stronger than them, otherwise why did the Lord select Vasuki?" While they were discussing in this way, Vayu, the god of air, who is present everywhere, he couldn't tolerate this discussion. He personally came in front of them and asked them, "What is this useless discussion?" "Who are you?" they enquired.

"I am Vayu," he replied. "Is there anyone as strong as me? Why do you even discuss these things? Don't you know that I am everywhere and I am listening to these things?" One Gandharva said, "Well, I have seen Vasuki. I was the last one to creep into the water at that time. I've seen how strong he is." Vayu said, "Bring that Vasuki, and we can test."

Then Vasuki was brought, and he challenged Vayu. "What do you mean? I am so strong! Every time the Lord selects me, so there must be some reason." Vayu said, "Then we can test our strength." Vasuki said, "I will coil around the Meru three times, and you blow and see if you can open my coils." But they never consulted Mount Meru whether they could do it. Around Mount Meru were so many insects and creatures. All the planetary systems were going around it. Vasuki went on there, and Meru did not mind. So many snakes were on there already. But he didn't know there was going to be some sports.

Vasuki coiled around Meru three times and started getting tighter and tighter. And then Vayu started blowing against Mount Meru in full force. Mount Meru started moving back and forth, because Vayu was using all his strength, and Vasuki was not going to give up. So it was not just Vasuki, but Vayu had to work on both, the strength of Mount Meru and the strength of Vasuki. And then Mount Meru started complaining and screaming. "What is this? There are three parties involved in this, but I was never consulted. Why am I being given trouble like this? I am going to turn upside down and create trouble. All the planetary systems will fall."

Brahma heard all this, and he appeared on the scene, telling Vayu and Vasuki, "You have your kind of strength, and he has his kind of strength. In your kind of strength, you are the most strong. And in his strength, blowing, that you cannot do. So in that way he is strong." When Vasuki uncoiled after the sports, one rock was broken from Mount Meru, and it fell in the salt ocean. This rock had three peaks, so it was known as Tri-kuta. It was on the salty ocean for a long time. And then Visvakarma, for the purpose of making a nice palace for the pastimes of the demigods, he made this Sri Lanka city on top of Tri-kuta mountain.

@ chandraketu thanks for the stories u told ,which i never heard before !!! @ sam thanks for telling tht ravan helped ramji as a preist ,i wished sagars wud hv shown tht .

Originally posted by: godisone

Scary thought, but probably true. However, I don't know if he could have killed Bharat and Shatrughan, because they were incarnations of Lord Vishnu's sudarshan chakra and conch.

But the Lord probably did not put the thought in Ravan's headto ask Lavanasur for help, because that would have caused trouble for Ayodhya.

I thought of something else also. Wasn't Lavanasur's father ruling around the time of the Ramayana war? Maybe that's why Ravan did not ask for him. Lavanasur's father was supposed to be kind hearted.

No, Madhu wasn't king at the time: remember, Lavanasura had killed Mandhata, ruler of Ayodhya and ancestor of Rama eons ago. After Mandhata and Ravan had been held to a stalemate, Mandhata was stupid enough to take on Lavanasur, and that cost him his life. So there is no way Madhu could have been the ruler during the time of Rama.

Also, when Shatrughan invaded Madhupura, Rishi Chavan advised him to make sure that Lavanasura didn't have his prototype of Shiva's trishul that had been granted to Madhu and passed on to Lavan, because that would have meant sure death. In other words, had Lavanasura wanted, he could have taken on and killed all 4 of them, and ended the dynasty. However, his policy seemed to have been to mind his own business within his kingdom, and Rama might have left him alone but for the fact that he was also persecuting Brahmins and restricting religious freedom in his kingdom.

Originally posted by: sita11

<FONT color=#0000ff size=3>@ chandraketu thanks for the stories u told ,which i never heard before !!!</FONT>

<FONT color=#0000ff size=3>@ sam thanks for telling tht ravan helped ramji as a preist ,i wished sagars wud hv shown tht .</FONT>

<FONT color=#0000ff size=3>@ rajnish thanks for the story of sahsatrabahu & ravan .</FONT>

<FONT color=#990066 size=3>well anyone having more info abt any good deeds of ravan ? if yes then do post it .</FONT>

Sita11

You're welcome, and thanks for the stories about the stairway to heaven and the sweetening of the ocean. I had never read either of these anywhere, but I did hear about the stairway to heaven plan of Ravan from my father, who uses it as an illustration of the effects of procrastination. Some day, I do plan to absorb that lesson 😆

Rajnish

Thanks for expanding on the stories that I alluded to - two of Ravan's three defeats. I was feeling too lazy to type all that here myself 😆

Thanks everyone for the wonderful stories. They are very interesting!

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

No, Madhu wasn't king at the time: remember, Lavanasura had killed Mandhata, ruler of Ayodhya and ancestor of Rama eons ago. After Mandhata and Ravan had been held to a stalemate, Mandhata was stupid enough to take on Lavanasur, and that cost him his life. So there is no way Madhu could have been the ruler during the time of Rama.

Also, when Shatrughan invaded Madhupura, Rishi Chavan advised him to make sure that Lavanasura didn't have his prototype of Shiva's trishul that had been granted to Madhu and passed on to Lavan, because that would have meant sure death. In other words, had Lavanasura wanted, he could have taken on and killed all 4 of them, and ended the dynasty. However, his policy seemed to have been to mind his own business within his kingdom, and Rama might have left him alone but for the fact that he was also persecuting Brahmins and restricting religious freedom in his kingdom.

Originally posted by: sam1903

well thts good that he thought in that way to...
tht remind me of one more thing which my mom told me...
she said its there in some Ramayan ..........
but its something good about ravan..
she told me that During Rameshwaram Pooja Ramji was not able to find any sage.....
so things happened like this that he need to call Ravan as he is also a brahmin...and being Shivji his ISHTDev he cannot deny the offer too...and at the same time.... she bring Sitaji too...because pooja was incomplete w/o wife.....
well its not true according to me..... but my mom belive it so i thought to share it with u guys...as it do show another side of Ravan...