Doubts and Discussions from the Ramayan II - Page 46

But had you been married to the maharaj types in the first 3 yugas, maybe you could have been married to Vishnu. Now what would it be - marriage to Vishnu and participating in an Ashwamedha, or lose the Ashwamedha but give up getting Vishnu as well? Hmmmmm????

I recall Chen2 explaining that the only reason that KSK were involved in Dasharath's yagna was that it was a Putra-kshameshthi yagna, unlike Rama's yagna, which among its other goals, was to atone for Ravan's brahm-hatya. Therefore, from a poetic standpoint, Sita, who was the cause of Ravan's end, couldn't possibly be there. I don't think it would have been an issue for subsequent yagnas, if, say, the Ananda Ramayan was correct and Sita was re-united w/ Rama after her underground break.

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

But had you been married to the maharaj types in the first 3 yugas, maybe you could have been married to Vishnu. Now what would it be - marriage to Vishnu and participating in an Ashwamedha, or lose the Ashwamedha but give up getting Vishnu as well? Hmmmmm????

I recall Chen2 explaining that the only reason that KSK were involved in Dasharath's yagna was that it was a Putra-kshameshthi yagna, unlike Rama's yagna, which among its other goals, was to atone for Ravan's brahm-hatya. Therefore, from a poetic standpoint, Sita, who was the cause of Ravan's end, couldn't possibly be there. I don't think it would have been an issue for subsequent yagnas, if, say, the Ananda Ramayan was correct and Sita was re-united w/ Rama after her underground break.

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

Krishna had 16100 wives. Rama did 1001 yagnas - the 1 where he lost Sita, and 1000 after (there is still my nagging issue about the 11000 year breakdown, but I'll suspend that for the time being). So if one does 1 yagna, does one get 161 wives the next birth? In which case, I wonder what were the next births of other Ikshvaku vansh rulers like Raghu, Dileepa, Sagar, et al? Particularly Dileepa, since he performed 100 such yagnas?

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

I divided wrong. The ratio is ~16, so not so bad. Dilipa's next birth would have had a mere 1600 wives. Incidentally, how many did the Hawaian ruler Kamehameha have?

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

Khalrika

Just 23 to go - go ahead - I know you can do it. Hit Goldie before this serial ends!

This is really lonely w/o Vibs, Chen2, Mallika, et al.

Originally posted by: Khalrika

Ananya, u r making the wife obselete. 😭😭😭 Seriously speaking, there is a role for wives in the shradh. The rituals last for 13 days. For the first few days the wife has to be present in the background. During the middle and final days the wife takes part in the actual shradh ceremony. I was standing behind my husband and pouring water on the darba he was holding and doing other things. I was required to be there. Only if the wife had been ill they would have put another darba next to the husband (this darba would have signified me and has a different significance from the darba my husband was holding to do the rituals). One of the priests would have done the things I would have done had I been present.

The length and the duration of the rituals vary by community but in all communities the married man has to have his wife with him. Of course, I do not know much about tribal communities but communities belonging to the varna system have this requirement.