DOTW-Ram accepted to go on exile

I am making this as DOTW. If some of you have some other idea for DOTW, then let me know.😉 I will make that as DOTW and this will be like any other ordinary post.😊

For some reason, I have not been able to watch any serial (including Ramayan) for a few weeks. I am not watching on TV and I am not watching through Internet.😭 But, from update, I came to know that Ram has accepted to go to forest.

What do you think about this decision of Ram?

One way of looking at it is that it shows Ram's respect towards his father, love towards his younger brother. It shows that he had absolutely no greed for throne. But there is another way of looking at it. It is said that if you deserve something and somebody stops you from getting it, then you should fight for it. Otherwise, you are supporting injustice. Ram deserved to be king. Still he did not fight for it. Rather, he happily gave up his right to the throne. Do you think it amounts to tolerating and hence supporting injustice? One more way of looking at it is that it was all a divine plan. But suppose, for the sake of argument that Ram had not been an incarnation of God. Was it still correct for him to go on exile?
• Or, may be if you still another way of looking at it.

How do you interpret Ram's action? Happy discussing.👍🏼

cool DOTW akhl
Well my view point is.....Lord Rama is incarnation of Lord Vishnu....He knew everything.......He knew tht he has to go for exile n kill Ravana n all devils as an aim of his birth on earth..............He knew he has to go for exile for 14 years.... It was he who had planned this all...Dasarath n Kakayi was only the mere sources......
There is not point in saying tht he should hd fought for what he deserved....So i'll just say tht it was "Bhagwaan Ki leela" 😃

Originally posted by: akhl

I am making this as DOTW. If some of you have some other idea for DOTW, then let me know.😉 I will make that as DOTW and this will be like any other ordinary post.😊

For some reason, I have not been able to watch any serial (including Ramayan) for a few weeks. I am not watching on TV and I am not watching through Internet.😭 But, from update, I came to know that Ram has accepted to go to forest.

What do you think about this decision of Ram?

One way of looking at it is that it shows Ram's respect towards his father, love towards his younger brother. It shows that he had absolutely no greed for throne. But there is another way of looking at it. It is said that if you deserve something and somebody stops you from getting it, then you should fight for it. Otherwise, you are supporting injustice. Ram deserved to be king. Still he did not fight for it. Rather, he happily gave up his right to the throne. Do you think it amounts to tolerating and hence supporting injustice? One more way of looking at it is that it was all a divine plan. But suppose, for the sake of argument that Ram had not been an incarnation of God. Was it still correct for him to go on exile?
• Or, may be if you still another way of looking at it.

How do you interpret Ram's action? Happy discussing.👍🏼

great dotw

well if we forget divine plan stuff and also fighting for justice , lemme say: ram loved his fatehr and everywhere it is said he did this to observe the promise your father gave

love can conquer every ha ideas and suffering

more tahn duty or foighting for what he deserves, ram went to exile because he loved his father and he did whatever he could do to observe the promise he kept

had he chosen to fight back and stay at ayodhya and rule as a king inspite of the pormise dasarath made,everyone including dasarath would ahve been happy but dasarath's principles would ahev reduced to dust, his honours, a man who does not have his hnour, how can otehr people have faith on him?

who knows may be ram would have lost faith in him

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I agree with your first statement akhl. Shri Ram had immense love for his dad and bro and therefore did not hesitate to take on exile.

As far as injustice is concerned, this is my view. Yes one should fight when injustice is being done - but injustice to who? Our dharma teaches us not to be selfish. In a western paradigm one would take offence at injustice being meted out to the individual. Hence the popularity of lawyers in the USA 😆 . However, in our ancient cultures, the collective and community takes presidence over the individual. So Maybe - and I'm really supposing her - Shri Ram felt that no injustice was being done to Ayodhya - as Bharat would be a good a king as he. So no injustice was being done to Ayodhya. And Ram was not selfish enough to retaliate at a personal injustice.

Personally I dont like the divine providence argument - that Ram knew he had to go to the forest to accomplish his deed. It makes it seem like he planned everything and acted out the Leela. I prefer the previous agrument because it helps us understand him better and it teaches us how to live. God performing Leela may build bhakti in us but it may not instruct us how to live as humans. A sacrificing prince who forgoes his own pleasure for his family's and honours his father's word teaches what it is be maryada purushottam.

i think RAMJI accepted to go on exile as he loved his father sooooooooooo much & also he was knowing tht his mission on taking avatar on EARTH HAS COME & he has to kill all the monsters who were destroying & ruling the earth at tht time .

i go with first & third one.
ram had immense respect for his parents and to fulfill his father's vachan he went on exile..
also it was all in divine plan and

camella, i never knew abt chaaya sita, so chaaya sita brought up lav & kush, not real sita.
can you throw more light into this?

Yes, Chhaya Sita is mentioned in some versions of Ramayan, e.g., Adhyatm Ramayan. But Valmiki Ramayan does not mention Chhaya Sita.
Chhaya Sita was Vedvati in previous birth. Ravan had molested her and she took another birth and became cause of Ravan's death.

Originally posted by: akhl

Yes, Chhaya Sita is mentioned in some versions of Ramayan, e.g., Adhyatm Ramayan. But Valmiki Ramayan does not mention Chhaya Sita.
Chhaya Sita was Vedvati in previous birth. Ravan had molested her and she took another birth and became cause of Ravan's death.

yes ur rite akhl..n priya..the 'chaya sita' was vedavati like akhl said..she was doing tapasya to marry lord vishnu but ravan molested her and bcuz of tht ravan even got a curse tht if he again molested any other lady or violated her purity then his head would burst into peices..thts y ravan doesnt touch sita😊..and another fact is that lord vishnu promised vedavati tht bcuz of her valuable help in the ramavatar he would in return marry her in the kalyug and the same vedavati was born as godess padmavati in the kalyug and was married to srimann narayan in the forum of lord srinivasa( tirupathi balaji)..and yes..chaaya sita was the one who brought up luv & kush ...thts abt chaaya sita..hope u understood😊..

Camella,
It was real Sita who brought up Luv and Kush. After Ravan was killed, then Sita went for agni pariksha. Chhaya Sita entered fire. Lord Agni took Chhaya Sita with him and returned real Sita to Ram. Thus real Sita went to Ayodhya with Ram. So, it was real Sita, who was banished, who lived to Valmiki's ashram, who brought up Luv and Kush.