DOTW: Dasarath’s pain

ususally we say boys donot cry , may be thats teh reason we neevr understood really how much pain dasarath may have felt

Originally posted by: camella

yes..ur rite tan..dashrath's life wasn't a really happy one..this is a sum-up of his life-

dashrath was the 7th raghuvanshi king. he was the son of raja aja and rani indumathi. He was named dashratha as he was known to have the energy of riding ten chariots at the same time.He was crowned king at a very young age and his father and mother retired to the forest. So he actually didn't have a very good childhood. His mother-indumathi died before his father in the forest when a flower from heaven touched her head. it is said tht she was an apsara(damsel) who was cursed by a sage to be born as a mortal and tht she wud assume her real form after a flower fell on her head. Then one day when dashrath had gone hunting he heard a gurgling sound and thought it to be that of an elephant. He shot an arrow at it and at last it was shravan kumar.When dashrath owns up to shravan's parents they curse him saying tht he also wud die out of grief when his son wud part from him (thts why dashrath dies when ram leaves ayodhya). dashrath instead of being sad thanks shranvan's parents by telling them tht by cursing him he is atleast sure tht their will be an heir born to him to succeed him. (gr8 person na😊)

they say dashrath is one of the three people in history who knew the art of "shabda bedi baan". the others are eklavya and prithviraj chauhan.

hope u guys liked the info 😊

yes and at his deathbed he will recound the curse of Shraban-noone knew that before

dasarath and eklavya are mythological characters and historically only PRC knew Shabdvedi

however its true dasarath inspite of all the wealth and power he had, always feared the end Shravana predicted.

kaidas in hi Raghuvansham has given arocking description of the whole raghuvansha ,recounting the rocking love story of aja nd indimati veru well,a ll these were sung by luv kush later as Ramayan song

yep..ur rite tan..he recalls the curse on his deathbed 😭 ..n thanks for reminding me abt dashrath an eklavya being mythological characters 😳 ..thnku sita..will surely post wat i know..im looking forward to reading info which i dunno..bcuz ramayan is a vast ocean..tough to get all facts 😳 ..has many dimensions to it too 😊

Originally posted by: camella

yep..ur rite tan..he recalls the curse on his deathbed 😭 ..n thanks for reminding me abt dashrath an eklavya being mythological characters 😳 ..thnku sita..will surely post wat i know..im looking forward to reading info which i dunno..bcuz ramayan is a vast ocean..tough to get all facts 😳 ..has many dimensions to it too 😊

Thats Precisely why Ramayan and the Mahabrata hold a very special position in the world literature😳

because of the mulifaceted stories, and tehre is always another side of everything nothing is absolute😊

even The Incarnation of god Lord Ram is not Absolute either😃

Originally posted by: camella

yep..ur rite tan..n in ramayan there is an ideal for every relationship..like siblings, mother-son , wife-husband , devotee-god , guest-host, king-public , etc...even the 'ideal villain' exists in ramayan 😆 ..on the other hand mahabharath is a story defining emotions n how different ppl react in different situations ..if we can learn from victories in ramayan then we can learn from the loss and mistakes in mahabarath 😊

Ramayan centers round Mainly Ram and shows how a human being can by practise of teh fundamentals of life can reach at the Prime of humanity-but even then he will ahev his mistakes and misconceptatiosn, even manipulations, Balibadh being one such