SKR:OF LOOPS AND SYMBOLISMS #4: 1/08: updated on pg. 132 - Page 54

16/06/2016

Today Ram says a very prominent dialogue. Adharma gets defeated only when someone stands against it. You have to face adharma head on. Only if you face it head on even God can help you. Sugreev knows Adharma has happened to him. But without facing it even when he get allies if he sits no one can help him. If you look Ram is standing against Adharma. He knows what happened to his wife and to himself is Adharma and he wants to fight it. He has come there to get support to find his wife, support for his war against adharma. For that he can have an ally who can stand upto adharma. That's why he is asking Sugreeva to go again wearing the flower garland.I loved the colors chosen for the garland red and white. Red is usually the color of love, but it is also the color of war. White it is the color of peace. Red and white entwined shows only if war is fought against adharma, dharma wins and peace prevails. Constant vigil is required against adharma for peace. War and peace are two interwined entities.

Same time when Ram encourages Sugreev to stand upto adharma we see Sita standing upto adharma. Ravan comes and tells her he will marry her forcefully. She tells him a chaste woman marries only once and she is married to Ram and tomorrow it will be his power and her power of chastity. Now when we come to chastity lot of importance is given on physical purity. But chastity is over and above physical purity. Ravan forcefully dragged Sita but that doesn't take away her chastity as mind has only thoughts of Ram. And we need to understand that someone can erode our physical space, but only we can allow someone to erode our mental space. Chastity is maintain the clean thoughts in mind. Duty bound to the relation , duty bound to the husband without anything in Lanka distracting her from it. Such a strong will on its own forms the defense for Sita. Such a standing of Sita is what enables Ram to decimate Ravan. Her fight with the power of her thoughts that doesn't allow him to touch her becomes Ravan's downfall. Sita shows us the path to keep our thoughts clean. To have dedication to one's husband in thoughts completely. If thoughts is clean no one can touch the physical space too.

Now we see 2 ladies Tara and Mandodari. Tara who is unable to stand upto the adharma, but wishes strongly what her husband is doing adharma and he should be punished for it even if that means death.

Mandodari tries to protect once again her adharmi husband. Tara doesn't fear retribution of adharma. She knows it will come. Mandodari fears retribution. She knows it will come, but instead of trying to stop it strongly take half baked actions to protect her husband. That's why Tara happily sends her son Angad for the mission to find Sita. She has already accepted her fate. We cannot change fate of someone else if they themselves don't try. Without any change in Ravan Mandodari cannot change him

Lakshman and Ram. Lakshman talks about punishment for him because he broke the order of his brother. He doesn't realize watching the pain of his bhaiyya for the rest of his life time is going to be his punishment. He cannot have another pain. The pain of separation he gave Urmila, his brother and bhabi taking it for the welfare of the society he will see. With open eyes Lakshman will witness the worst pain every day for his bhaiyya and bhabi. He couldn't prevent that even when he decided to go against Prakriti for their protection.

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In the earlier part I had not discussed the Lanka scenes, which I will discuss now. Shurpi blames Raavan for her problems in life and says he has fallen prey to the woman who is the reason Shurpi is doing all this, the reason she has lost her self respect. This shows how dangerous repentance and living in the past is. If she thinks about her past, all she thinks about is her Apmaan and what followed. She repents it. Living in the past if itself not a big crime, she repents it too. And even if she repents, she doesn't see what she learnt from her past. This is the mistake people do. They repent their past, blame circumstances but do not understand what they should learn from it. Raavan becomes a victim of Karma, his own and the Karma towards his sister. And as an ultimate solution, he decides to kill Shurpi. This is the kind of thought narrow minded people have; no direct solution, stop the thing.

Meghnad on the other hand falls prey to Adharma at the hands of his father. He plans to kill Shurpi with slow poison. But what he doesn't get is the poison is indirectly killing him. Just as Ram said, when a person comes into contact with Adharma, his fall comes closer to him.

Solo's idea of saving someone is good, but she doesnt see how and to whom she helps. She stakes everything for someone who is equally wrong as the others. I feel her helping Shurpi symbolises trying to make a penguin fly. Even though it is a bird, it can never fly for it is not made for that. In the case of a penguin, his wings do not let him do so, while in Shurpis case, even if she runs away, her mindset will never let her adopt Dharma.

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We see Sugreev still doubting Ram for his capability to beat Bali. The reason is simple; presumed notions. Once an idea is instilled into us from eh starting, it is very difficult for it to break, specially if the idea makes us weaker in front of it. Sugreev has it instilled in him that Bali is invincible, but the truth is Bali is defeatable. Ram has proved that through his deeds. Yet because he has never seen so happen, he can't trust Ram completely. Still, he agrees to fight, only because he knows if he dies, someone else will be responsible. And when he says Dharm is on his side, what he looks over is that he also has to be on Dharms side, and one of the main pillars of it is Trust. Unless you trust Dharma, it will never be by you.

The court of Lanka symbolises a zoo. Though in their natural habitat, each of the beings wants to move freely, with their own ideas and terms. Raavan is blind in arrogance and wants everything his way, Kaikesi blind in Moh, Meghnad in his fathers service. Mandodari and Sulochana have a positive notice, but the things they do to execute them are done blindly. Sulo chooses death over life in the court, for she realises the court is such a zoo she can never be free from. This is the thought people with a suicidial instinct come at face to. They believe death is an escapade. It is not, in fact it shows your loss in life. And people feel this the most when they are questioned for something they did right, like Sulo. They do not wait to see the aftermath, they only see the immediate reaction of their actions. If people would have waited to see what can happen later, many suicides could have been avoided.

Sita sees the tree as her partner, her confider. Because in the hardest times in life, when one is lonely, people take shade under the things they might have never wanted to be attached to or thought of attaching too. Siya chose a tree, while some other choose harmful things. One becomes an anchor through the dark time, the other a silent killer. When trijata brings an idol of Vishnu, the form she saw, she depicts that god is not same for all. He is different, but the essence is what makes them same.

And when Ram is confused about which is Bali and which is Sugreev, he shows dilemma in taking decisions. (I know, this is a bit too deep ;) )

A wrong decision can ruin a life, and half knowledge in taking a desicion is even more dangerous.

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The episode began with Mandodari telling Raavn he is equally a culprit as Sulo. Kaikesi objects, the sole reason being the idea of making Raavan a kind by power, and doing Adharma is hers. Often people feel hurt when their ideas are disrupted or taken over. For Kaikesi, her teaching Raavan to be adharmi is right, so when Mandodari tells him to be wrong, she fears Raavan will change his mind and all her years of her brainwashing will be wasted. She doesnt see what MD says is actually correct. And then Raavan does the worst thing; tries to favour the world for him.Whenver one has tried to control nature, their fall has happened. By using his power, Raavan tries to marry Sita and bring the world in his favour, but the truth is that is what brings his end. He feels he has taught a lesson to MD, but he actually has opened the chapter of a book whose lesson he will learn for the rest of his life.

Sugreev asks Ram why he didnt kill Bali. Sugreev being beaten was the result of his own half knowledge. He didnt tell Ram he and Bali were twins, had he said, he needn't face the burnt. WHat Ram said was pure truth, unless you believe in Dharma, Dharma will not stand by you. Many people in the world today do things in the name of Dharma, but what they dont get is if Dharma tells them to do so or not.

Then Raavan comes to tell Sita he will marry her. He says he waited for her answer, but now he won't wait. Rejection of refusal is one of the worst qualities one can possess. At any time in any place, people have to learn when to say NO and when to hear NO.

Sita obeys Dharma, and his hence confident Dharma will help her, unlike Sugriv. MD calls for Trijata and makes a plan for her to get Sita out. They do not think about their strategy. Someone like Raavan they take easily. It is a big lesson I have learnt in my life that no matter how well you are, there is always someone better and they might be stronger. However, she still stands to her will, unlike Meghnad, and fights for a woman respect rather than giving in to a command.

And when Ram looks at the moon and tells his sorrows to Lakshman, it is very painful. He tells that the value of a person increases after they go ,which is true. When he get something after a long struggle, we cherish it. And thats why certain things are best kept for the long run, for they are enjoyed the most. Lakshman thinks he is the cause of the troubles, and it is natural for him to think so. But there is a very interesting paradox here. Ram and Sita both love each other immensely, but the feeling Ram and SIya have in their separation are somewhat different. Ram feels guilty, lost and broke. Siya on the other hand knows her Ram will come to her and she is hopeful. The sole reason for this is; Siya knows she had nothing to do in the Haran, whereas Ram knows he could have saved her. Also, Sita through Uma knows the purpose of their separation, while Ram doesn't. A big truth of the world is revealed, the more awareness or understanding of the situation one has, the more calm and happy he is.

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Originally posted by: daydreamers

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