LORD RAMA : Non-DEBATABLE DEBATE
Lord Rama’s image was in thoughts
as an amorphous definition; he is alive for millenniums in peoples’ hearts as an
irreversible faith and believes without any disagreements in the stream of
religion. But the time, since when our so called modern civilization brought
him into a structure, human intellects started to debate over that fact also. As
Irish poet Oscar Wilde said “Beauty ends where an intellectual expression
begins”, never debated philosophy of Rama is now debated because we have begun giving
intellectual expression over that. The
Lord Rama will now be found at Ayodhya, construction of his abode is underway
with the intervention of man-made law of the land. How strange the fact is, human
being has reshuffled the chronology and standard of their Gods also with the
features of law framed according to their conveniences.
As per the mythological history, the
Lord Rama born to King Dasharatha and Queen Khaushalya at Ayodhya in the
kingdom of Kosala as the 7th Avthar of Lord Vishnu. The great Epic
Ramayana was composed of journey of life of the Lord Rama. His principle of life is depicted as ‘Dharma’
of human beings and his deeds in practical life, including 14 years in exile and
war with Ravana, are depicted as ‘Karma’ in the Epic. ‘Mauryada’ or ‘Modesty’
and ‘Kartabya Parayanata’ or ‘dutiful devotion’, these two are the major
thoughts that had been narrated through Lord Rama in Ramayana. For Modesty or
Mauryada, Ram could leave throne also and go for exile. He also fought against Ravana, destroyed Lanka
and killed him for rescue of his wife Sita as a Kartabya.
As narrated by composer of the epic, Rama never broke Mauryada and escaped
from the duty also. Ramayana became more popular after Ramananda Sagar
converted the epic into TV Serial and people started to see Lord Rama in the
form of man as dramatized in that serials of films. His advent on earth was
meant for the establishment of Dharma by defeating O-dharma as described in the epic. Ravana
was symbol of O-dharma, the reign of whom was destroyed by the Rama and Truth
and Dharma established on earth. A son of human King was embodied as the
reincarnation of Lord Vishnu for establishment of Dharma on human world. With
the spread of Hindu religion, based on Ved, he later became God of all Hindu
believers throughout the India and abroad.
Knowledge about science, Geography,
History, Sociology, Literature and Culture only cannot ensure the balance in
nature as well as the human society. Had there been no religion in the world,
human being would also have remained like animals. Religion has taught about
love and relationship among men and women and sense of responsibility to each
other. First human relationship began
with the relationship of man-woman as husband-wife. Birth of children added new
relationship to that and thus relationship of father-mother to son-daughter began.
In this way human race learned to think about humanity, mutual responsibility to
each other and society. Further, it is
the religion, which taught us about caring nature, its surroundings and
building better environment for all. In
fact it is a most wonderful education invented by human civilization, which has
gifted us new ways of sagacious life. Epic
of Ramayana is also an education, from which we can learn about Mauryada and
Kartabya. Likewise every epic of every religion gives us education of life that
helps us in guiding ourselves.
No religion has so much of
varieties as Hindu religion has today. Lord Rama came into controversies due to
Ayodhya dispute. Every ethnic community
or race has their own God of belief, even within Hinduism also according their
own history, tradition and culture. The 8th Avtar of Vishnu, Lord
Krishna is widely worshiped across the Globe by Hindus and recognized by other
religious groups of people also. His predecessor Lord Rama gave birth of
concept of the Ram Rajya, which was conceptualized as the Ideal Nation by the
Gandhiji also. As an Avtar Krishna is latest than Rama, Rama age is known as “Satya
Yug” (age of truth) and Krishna age is known as “Kholi Yug” (age of openness),
which is still continuing. Lord Rama came to establish rule of Dharma by
defeating Ravana and Lord Krishna came to establish rule of Dharma by defeating
Kauravas. Kholi Yug is not considered to
be ideal; it is the Satya Yug which is considered as ideal Yug on earth.
Everyone is talking of restoring Satya Yug or Ram Rajya today, even each and
every politician sing the song of that. Who else will be there on earth that
that will not be happy if Ram Rajya really returns to India? But controversies
are always created for new changes, whatever new Yug or Age may begin tomorrow,
variations in narration of faith and belief will be re-scripted again. Because,
we human beings are used to for thinking, believing and working according to
our conveniences only.
