{"id":4970,"date":"2019-10-02T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T11:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/?p=4970"},"modified":"2022-01-24T16:34:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T11:04:49","slug":"ten-qualities-of-lord-rama-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/ten-qualities-of-lord-rama-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Qualities of Lord Rama \u2013 Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jaya Sri Ram! As we enter into the auspicious ten days of the Dasara, which will culminate in the Vijayadashami, the day of victory of Good, represented by Lord Rama<\/a> over the Evil-Ravana; we bring you a series of narrations from Ramayana, describing ten transcendental qualities of Lord Ramachandra, one for every day of the Dussehra.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Please read and relish, like and share these articles, and you may also leave your comments to us.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Quality 4: Lord R<\/strong>\u0101<\/strong>ma, the most Adored<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The epitome of the word adoration unarguably is R\u0101ma. The epic of R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a gracefully narrates the impact of R\u0101ma\u2019s exile. The excellently captured raw emotions and sentiments of the common man describe the adoration R\u0101ma had earned for himself.<\/p>\n

Farewell<\/strong><\/h2>\n

After R\u0101ma accepted the exile, the adoration for him started pouring out, from his family to the officials and the holy sages. Furious Da\u015baratha asked Kaikey\u012b, to disappear from his sight saying he couldn\u2019t stay in her presence and he would instead follow R\u0101ma to the forest. As soon as, these words were uttered huge cry rose up.<\/p>\n

A palace which always had joyous sounds emanating out of it had been left out with the sound of only agonizing cries.<\/p>\n

Witnessing all of these, the king\u2019s intimate friend Sumantra was berserk. With his eyes blazing with wrath; wringing his hands and grinding his teeth, he warned Kaikey\u012b to renounce her evil aim. If R\u0101ma didn\u2019t become the king, then no pious man would remain in the kingdom. Tears flowed from the old minister\u2019s eyes as he spoke.<\/p>\n

Vasi\u1e63\u1e6dha, the holy sage who loved R\u0101ma and S\u012bt\u0101 as his children, was overwhelmed by distress. He could not stand and watch as They departed while the hard-hearted Kaikey\u012b looked on gleefully. The sage in grief said that the forest would become the capital of the world. Indeed, the entire state of Ko\u015bala and Ayodhy\u0101 would leave along with R\u0101ma. The sage blazed with anger, appearing like a smokeless fire.<\/p>\n

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Public adoration<\/strong> <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Without paying heed to the ongoing scene, R\u0101ma along with his wife and brother set out for the exile. The disheartened king then ordered the safe escort of his dearest ones to the forest.<\/p>\n

\"\"Sumantra took up the reins of the horses and urged them forward. As it passed down the royal highway, the people assembled were stunned with sorrow. Both old-young, male-female, alike rushed towards the chariot as thirsty men would rush toward the water in the desert. Clinging to the sides and the back of the chariot they looked up at Sumantra, calling out to drive it slow as they wished to see their R\u0101ma a little longer.<\/p>\n

As they advanced along the road, many plunged in sorrow at seeing their beloved prince leaving, they lamented in various ways.<\/p>\n

Some praised R\u0101ma for his obedience to His father\u2019s word. Some citizens condemned the king, whom they felt had been gripped by some evil spirit. R\u0101ma\u2019s qualities were evident to all; his compassion, learning, gentleness, sense control and mental peace\u2014all were ever visible in that noble prince.<\/p>\n

They were pained, just like the tree with all its fruits and flowers is hurt when its root is damaged. They wanted to give up their homes and villages and live with the pious R\u0101ma in the forest.<\/p>\n

They would abandon the city and the forest, would become a city and Ayodhy\u0101 a forest. Everyone angrily cursed Kaikey\u012b again and again. Yelling at Kaikey\u012b and asking her rule over a deserted kingdom, bereft of its people. They wished to share all of R\u0101ma\u2019s joys and sorrows. All of them would go with R\u0101ma. They followed him.<\/p>\n

R\u0101ma tried hard to make the people turn back, but they would not return. The more R\u0101ma showed His determination to stick to the path of righteousness and truth, the more the people desired to have Him as their ruler. It was as if R\u0101ma and Lak\u1e63man, by the cords of Their virtuous qualities, had bound the people and were dragging them along.<\/p>\n

As dusk approached, R\u0101ma fell asleep. Lak\u1e63man stayed awake, guarding His brother. Nearby He could see the many fires lit by the people who were following R\u0101ma toward the forest.<\/p>\n

In the middle of the night, R\u0101ma awoke and spoke with His brother and planned to leave the forest, since the people would not listen to them and continue following them. Throwing them off their trail, they went off.<\/p>\n

As the dawn approached, in the camp, the sound of numerous birds rose the citizens and they soon discovered, that R\u0101ma and His party had left. They were shocked and began to lament loudly. They condemned the sleep for having stolen R\u0101ma from them. They would meet their end by fasting until death. Seeing big logs of dry woods, some of them suggested they pile up the wood to make a funeral pyre and immediately enter it.\"\"<\/p>\n

When they returned without R\u0101ma, the city became desolate and devoid of all happiness. Ayodhy\u0101 seemed at that time to be like the sky bereft of the moon. Everywhere its citizens, shed tears and all of them felt like giving up their lives. No one rejoiced on any occasion, even when coming upon unexpected fortune or seeing the birth of a firstborn son. Merchants did not display their merchandise, nor did the goods even seem attractive. Householders did not cook food, and the household deities were neglected.<\/p>\n

The adoration of R\u0101ma was such that, some started praising Lakshmana as the only virtuous man in the world who could follow R\u0101ma to the forest to serve Him. The glorious and ever-truthful R\u0101ma was their only shelter. All the people remained in their own homes, thinking only of R\u0101ma.<\/p>\n

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Jaya Sri Ram! As we enter into the auspicious ten days of the Dasara, which will culminate in the Vijayadashami, the day of victory of Good, represented by Lord Rama over the Evil-Ravana; we bring you a series of narrations from Ramayana, describing ten transcendental qualities of Lord Ramachandra, one for every day of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[23,13],"class_list":{"0":"post-4970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-krishna-katha","8":"tag-lord-rama","9":"tag-qualities-of-lord-rama"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4970"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6284,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970\/revisions\/6284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}